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| California police discover 13 'emaciated' siblings imprisoned in family home | California police discover 13 'emaciated' siblings imprisoned in family home |
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| California authorities say they have rescued more than a dozen starving, filthy young people who were chained inside their parents’ home in Perris. | |
| One of the captives, a 17-year-old girl, escaped over the weekend and notified the Riverside Sheriff’s Department that her siblings “were being held captive inside the residence by her parents,” some of them “bound with chains and padlocks,” the Sheriff’s Department said. | One of the captives, a 17-year-old girl, escaped over the weekend and notified the Riverside Sheriff’s Department that her siblings “were being held captive inside the residence by her parents,” some of them “bound with chains and padlocks,” the Sheriff’s Department said. |
| Initially, officials believed the “slightly emaciated” teenager was only 10 years old. They confronted a horrific scene at her home, according to a press release. | |
| “Further investigation revealed several children shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foul-smelling surroundings, but the parents were unable to immediately provide a logical reason why their children were restrained in that manner,” the department said. | “Further investigation revealed several children shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foul-smelling surroundings, but the parents were unable to immediately provide a logical reason why their children were restrained in that manner,” the department said. |
| “The victims appeared to be malnourished and very dirty,” the department said. | “The victims appeared to be malnourished and very dirty,” the department said. |
| Not all of them were children: of the 13 victims, seven were between the age of 18 and 29, according to the Sheriff's Department. | |
| After interviewing both parents — identified as 57-year old David Allen Turpin and 49-year old Louise Anna Turpin — authorities booked them on torture and child endangerment charges, setting bail at $9m (€65m) apiece. |