Books Details
Author : John Glatt Pages : pages Publisher : Tantor Audio
Language : eng ISBN-10 : B07VT8GL6S ISBN-13 :
Books Descriptions
Thirteen siblings were held captive in their own home?and lived
to tell their story.On January 14, 2018, a seventeen-year-old
girl climbed out of the window of her Perris, California home
and dialed 911 on a borrowed cell phone. Struggling to stay
calm, she told the operator that she and her twelve
siblings?ranging in age from two to twenty-nine?were being
abused by their parents. When the dispatcher asked for her
address, the girl hesitated. ?I?ve never been out,? she
stammered. She wasn?t even sure how to spell her own last
name.Louise and David Turpin presented themselves as loving,
faithful parents. On social media they shared snapshots of
family outings and vactions, often with their children in
matching outfits. But what police discovered when they entered
the Turpin home would eclipse the most shocking child abuse
cases in history. For years, Louise and David had kept their
children in increasing isolation, trapping them in a sinister
world of torture, fear, and near
