Mom, dad, me - an unhappy family (10 photos)

At the beginning of 2018, to the police of an ordinary Californian city Perris received a call. The caller is a frightened young girl trembling announced in a voice that she had run away from her parents, who were actually kept in captivity of 12 more of her brothers and sisters and torture children morally and physically.





Louise Robinett's father was a church preacher. And girl grew up in a strict but pious atmosphere. It is in the church that she Met David Turpin. The young man's mother taught on Sunday school. Both families knew each other well. The guy was quiet and meek disposition. I attended a chess club. Got it at the university specialty "computer engineering", very prestigious for that time. And for several years he worked in serious US companies.



David and Louise

Young people started dating when David was 20, and Louise is no more than 14 years old. The girl's father strongly objected and forbade relationship. But Louise's mother liked both David and his family. And she contributed to the secret meetings of lovers.

When the girl was 16 years old, they legalized the relationship. Three years later, the first baby, a daughter, was born in the family. And three more a second child was born.

Outwardly, the family looked happy and wealthy, often gave money gifts to relatives. But, apparently, well-being was pretense, and the Turpins couldn't balance debits and credits. Spending exceeded income, and in 1992 she submitted documents for the procedure bankruptcy.



couple in youth

For the next 4 years, Louise gave birth every year. As a result, children in the family was already six, which seriously affected the standard of living. senior the girl was teased at school because of her casual appearance. AND The Turpins had their children homeschooled.

In 1999, another baby was born in the family. And she moved breaking off relations with all relatives and friends. home owners, where the couple lived, were horrified by the state of housing: it was so filthy, as if they kept cattle inside.

The couple moved to the dense wilderness, to the farm, with which Texas abounds. The children of the few neighbors tried to play and communicate with Terpins. But they avoided contacts. It looked like this as if they feared punishment.



When parents found out about such attempts, they forbade their daughters and sons to go outside the court during the daytime. Junior Turpins leaving the house only at night. Somehow the neighbors saw older boys, hunched over a street trash can. And they were horrified: guys removed edible waste and ate it.

Louise continued to give birth. As a result, the total number of children reached a dozen. And David lost his job. As a result, the impossibility pay bills and arrest at home. And one day the family just disappeared. Neighbors looked into the house to see if anything had happened. AND found abandoned dogs, makeshift classroom, mountains rubbish and ropes tied to beds. Apparently, this is how the children played?



A large family surfaced in California, in the city Marrieta. Then they moved again, to Perris. In 2015 was born in the family the last child to become the 13th in a row.

Terrible truth



In mid-January 2018, the two daughters of the Terpins decided to the escape. The youngest, 13-year-old girl, was frightened and returned. And the eldest who was already 17 years old, decided to finish what she started.

From the conversation of the escapee with the dispatcher of the rescue service:

- Hello, how can I help you?

- Fine. I live in a family of 15 and my parents... They abuse us, my sisters and brothers are now chained chains.

- And how many of your brothers and sisters are related?

- Two sisters and one of my brothers.

- Repeat how they are connected - with a rope or something?

- Chains. They are chained to the bed.



The policemen who arrived at the call were convinced of the veracity of the words caller. And they were shocked at the sight of exhausted children who looked like teenagers, when in reality many were over 18 years old.

The District Attorney promptly arranged press conference and addressed the local residents with a request todeliver any information that can help in the case.

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For the slightest offense they were punished, tied to beds with ropes. When the kids learned to unravel the knots, they went chains and padlocks.

Everyone was exhausted. Senior Turpins practically starved the poor. They did not deny themselves anything, and even defiantly left in a conspicuous place goodies that the children had forbidden to take. Violations were again punished.

In the shower, the unfortunate washed once a year. For washing hands above wrists followed punishment as parents considered it empty waste of resources. Children did not have elementary ideas about everyday life. moments, for example, about the simplest drugs.

Toys were always in sight, but it was forbidden to touch them. Trying to play again was punished...



sadistic parents in court

When the truth came out, Louise's sister Teresa came forward with alleging that they were subjected to repeated abuse as children with mother's knowledge. Which, perhaps, left an indelible imprint on the psyche women.

The couple pleaded not guilty. For their crimes sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of release on parole through 25 years. But given the severity of the hope for satisfaction petitions are very shaky.

After providing medical assistance to older children, they helped socialize with the help of psychologists. The younger ones were placed in foster families. David's parents stated that their son and daughter-in-law were adherents of the movement Quiverfull, a conservative religious organization that encouraged childbearing.



They were not too interested in the further fate of those born. Like the broken lives of the unfortunate, who were born "by the command of God." If it were not for the determination of the girl, who had been planning an escape for two whole years, about This story may never have been known.