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Author Topic: 6 Children, 7 Adults Found Confined in Perris House, Secluded from Neighbors  (Read 2786 times)

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A local radio station has been all over this story like a crow on a June bug. They're convinced it's going to go national any day now, as soon as the depositions start rolling in. Broadcasts I have heard keep saying there were "at least 3" shackled to furniture "in dank, dark corners of the house." But the law enforcement official whose interview was aired today said there were three persons chained, not "at least 3." 
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The station (KFI) has several shows each day, with different broadcasters or show hosts, one of whom is a lawyer (Bill Handel) who has recently been inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame because of his performance on KFI. What these announcers have had to say about this story and its implications seems relevant to CI on a broad level of social consciousness, that is, Catholic Living in the Modern World.
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https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-01-15-officials-say-13-kids-and-adults-found-chained-to-beds-in-perris-ca-home/

Officials Say 13 People Found Chained To Beds in a Perris, CA Home
By RJ Johnson - @rickerthewriter
January 15, 2018


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Thirteen people, ranging in ages from 2 to 29-years-old have been found shackled to their beds by their parents in what authorities are calling "foul surroundings." (Actually only 3 were found chained.)
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According to the Riverside County Sheriff's office, a 17-year-old girl escaped from her restraints Sunday morning and was able to get to a safe location. She then contacted 911 with a cell phone she had taken from the home.
(The phone had been deactivated but with a charged battery such cell phones can still be used to call 911.)
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The teen told the 911 operator that she and her 12 siblings were being held hostage in padlocked chains at their Perris, California home by their parents. 
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Perris Police Department dispatched officers to meet with the girl and get a better handle on the story. When they found her, officers were surprised to find out that the "slightly emaciated" 10-year-old (appeared to be 10) was actually 17-years-old.
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After an interview with the teen, officials contacted her parents, 57-year-old David Allen Turpin, and 49-year-old Louise Anna Turpin at the home where the teen escaped. 
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There, investigators say they found several
(3) children shackled to their beds ("furniture" - perhaps not to beds) with chains and padlocks in a dark and "foul-smelling" room. Deputies say the parents were unable to explain to officers why they had restrained the children in such a manner. (A neighbor questions what room is "dark" in the house that everyone knew as the model home of the tract. Speculation says perhaps they were chained in a closet.)
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Deputies found 13 victims in all, 12 in the house, and the one who escaped to call 911. Some of the children actually turned out to be adults, ranging in age from 18-29 which stunned officers. 
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Victims were transferred to the Perris police station where they were interviewed and provided with care, food, and beverages. Six children were transferred to the Riverside University Hospital System, with the seven adults sent to Corona Regional Medical Center for an evaluation and medical treatment.
(The emaciated patients have to be hospitalized for several days while they are very gradually given nutrition since feeding them too fast could be dangerous.)
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Both parents were interviewed and arrested on suspicion of torture child endangerment. Bail was set at $9,000,000 each. (Not a typo -- $9 million each, total of $18 million.)
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Anyone with any information about this case is encouraged to contact Perris police by calling (951) 210-1000, or by email at PerrisStation@RiversideSheriff.org.
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Photo: Riverside County Sheriff's Office


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The part that ought to grab our attention is that pursuing questions has revealed that these parents home-schooled their children, and have taught them to memorize Bible quotations, and some of them have attempted to memorize the entire Bible.
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Neighbors have not reported anything unusual going on there to Child Protective Services for various reasons, even though some say they had seen children moving about in the house around 2 to 4 am some nights, and they had only seen the apparently older children doing yard work outside on rare occasions. Neighbors say they had not seen any small children outdoors. 
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There is a full-sized passenger van in the driveway that is usually there, and two or three other cars that come and go, but as for who the drivers of these cars have been, no one is saying much.
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One new report has that the house where this family had moved from (some years ago) was in deplorable condition, with scratch marks inside the closets and on the doors, as if children's fingernails had made the scratches. They were not the kind of marks that animals make, it says. 
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Yes.  All over the news on east coast.    Horrible.   

This is one reason why we don't watch t.v.

We also make friends with the local police and sheriff, they see us and our children playing out front and taking walks.  They and our neighbors can see the children are healthy and happy. 

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I wanted to give these parents the benefit of the doubt and presume that the officers and media were overreacting to what they found, but the details coming out today support the "House of Horrors" label they were given as this story broke.

The patterns of behavior make no sense at all and I wouldn't be surprised if at least one of the parents was eventually declared insane.