A California judge on Friday sentenced two parents to 25 years to life in prison for holding 12 of their 13 children captive and abusing some of them.
April 19 (UPI) — David Turpin, 57, and Louise Turpin, 50, each pleaded guilty in February to 14 felony charges related to starving, torturing and holding captive the 12 children, who ranged in age from 2 to 29, in their Perris home. Riverside County Superior Judge Bernard Schwartz’s sentence means the Turpins will be eligible for parole after 25 years.
Police arrested the Turpin parents in January 2018 after their 17-year-old daughter told police she escaped their home.
