Back to the Turpins:
Have you ever ate PB&J day after day? Did you lose weight?
Remember, they knew nothing about medicine. The 'girl who escaped' wrote songs, etc, and yet doesn't know 'months' or how to calculate time, but had access to social media, and other countries. Notice the "age" of the "abuse" again.
Have you ever ate PB&J day after day? Did you lose weight?
"... By the time the children were rescued, they were an average of 32 pounds underweight and their diets mostly consisted of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, baloney sandwiches and frozen burritos.
They wore feces-stained clothing and were severely under educated. One investigator testified a 22-year-old son said he had only completed the third grade and guessed that his education maxed out at the 10th grade. ...
... The children said in interviews with investigators that there was a strict and vicious system of punishment for any disobedience. Physical hitting was the first level of punishment and was followed by beatings with a paddle, an oar, and then a metal-tipped tent pole.
"If this didn’t work, they were put in cages," Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Kevin Beecham said during the hearing.
The metal cage was 35 square feet with an opening for the parents to feed their captive children. If that didn’t suffice, the parents used a dog kennel, the children told investigators. ...
... In a stunning moment in court, the prosecution said the oldest daughter escaped the horrific life in the trailer. But without a basic education or documentation, like a driver’s license, she could not get a job or care for herself. She ultimately called Louise to come pick her up and returned home to the abuse. ...
... The sibling, who escaped the Perris home, told authorities she was 12 years old when her father pulled her pants down and placed her on his lap and tried to kiss her on her lips. She told investigators the encounter abruptly ended when David Turpin heard his wife walking toward the room, and he advised the child not to talk about it, according to prosecutors. ...
... Investigators described a home life where children regularly had their hair pulled, were hit, and were thrown across rooms. Louise Turpin allegedly threw a child down the stairs and delayed medical treatment. ...
... On another occasion, she forced a daughter to stand in the corner of a bathroom as punishment for playing with a Barbie doll. The malnourished girl became dizzy after two hours and fractured her jaw after falling to the ground, investigators say. A sister tried to alert Louise Turpin to her sibling’s condition, but the mother chastised her for interrupting a phone call.
Once they got the girl to a hospital, Louise Turpin allegedly advised her to tell doctors that she injured herself after slipping on water, according to prosecutors. ...
... The oldest son attended classes at Mount San Jacinto Community College, where classmates described him as shy, frail and visibly hungry. Investigators say Louise Turpin would go to the campus with her son, wait outside the classroom and then immediately escort him home.
Meanwhile, the family participated in a community holiday decorating contest two years ago. They built a Nativity scene in their front yard with hay for the manger, the Nativity star in a window and Santa Claus and his sleigh near the garage. ...
... The daughter who made the 911 call told investigators that two of her sisters had been chained for up to two months. She did not know the names of the months and had trouble calculating time. ...
...The prosecution presented evidence that all the children, except for the youngest, were severely malnourished. Two of the daughters will never be able to have children and several suffer from psychosocial dwarfism — a growth disorder caused by severe stress.
These disorders, prosecutors say, discouraged the children from seeking help.
The defense attempted to sow confusion in the case by confirming that there was a phone in the Perris home. Some of the children had access to social media and one of them even made a Twitter friend with someone in India. ..." - Shackled siblings were choked, caged and thrown down stairs, prosecutor says
They wore feces-stained clothing and were severely under educated. One investigator testified a 22-year-old son said he had only completed the third grade and guessed that his education maxed out at the 10th grade. ...
... The children said in interviews with investigators that there was a strict and vicious system of punishment for any disobedience. Physical hitting was the first level of punishment and was followed by beatings with a paddle, an oar, and then a metal-tipped tent pole.
"If this didn’t work, they were put in cages," Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Kevin Beecham said during the hearing.
The metal cage was 35 square feet with an opening for the parents to feed their captive children. If that didn’t suffice, the parents used a dog kennel, the children told investigators. ...
... In a stunning moment in court, the prosecution said the oldest daughter escaped the horrific life in the trailer. But without a basic education or documentation, like a driver’s license, she could not get a job or care for herself. She ultimately called Louise to come pick her up and returned home to the abuse. ...
... The sibling, who escaped the Perris home, told authorities she was 12 years old when her father pulled her pants down and placed her on his lap and tried to kiss her on her lips. She told investigators the encounter abruptly ended when David Turpin heard his wife walking toward the room, and he advised the child not to talk about it, according to prosecutors. ...
... Investigators described a home life where children regularly had their hair pulled, were hit, and were thrown across rooms. Louise Turpin allegedly threw a child down the stairs and delayed medical treatment. ...
... On another occasion, she forced a daughter to stand in the corner of a bathroom as punishment for playing with a Barbie doll. The malnourished girl became dizzy after two hours and fractured her jaw after falling to the ground, investigators say. A sister tried to alert Louise Turpin to her sibling’s condition, but the mother chastised her for interrupting a phone call.
Once they got the girl to a hospital, Louise Turpin allegedly advised her to tell doctors that she injured herself after slipping on water, according to prosecutors. ...
... The oldest son attended classes at Mount San Jacinto Community College, where classmates described him as shy, frail and visibly hungry. Investigators say Louise Turpin would go to the campus with her son, wait outside the classroom and then immediately escort him home.
Meanwhile, the family participated in a community holiday decorating contest two years ago. They built a Nativity scene in their front yard with hay for the manger, the Nativity star in a window and Santa Claus and his sleigh near the garage. ...
... The daughter who made the 911 call told investigators that two of her sisters had been chained for up to two months. She did not know the names of the months and had trouble calculating time. ...
...The prosecution presented evidence that all the children, except for the youngest, were severely malnourished. Two of the daughters will never be able to have children and several suffer from psychosocial dwarfism — a growth disorder caused by severe stress.
These disorders, prosecutors say, discouraged the children from seeking help.
The defense attempted to sow confusion in the case by confirming that there was a phone in the Perris home. Some of the children had access to social media and one of them even made a Twitter friend with someone in India. ..." - Shackled siblings were choked, caged and thrown down stairs, prosecutor says
Remember, they knew nothing about medicine. The 'girl who escaped' wrote songs, etc, and yet doesn't know 'months' or how to calculate time, but had access to social media, and other countries. Notice the "age" of the "abuse" again.
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