David Allen Turpin (R) and Louise Anna Turpin, pictured in booking photos from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, registered their home as a school but used it to hold their 13 children captive, authorities sayA California couple arrested on suspicion of torture was due in court on Thursday after investigators discovered they were holding their 13 malnourished children captive in a suburban home. David and Louise Turpin were booked on suspicion of torture and child endangerment with bail set at $9 million each. Initial investigations have confirmed that the couple were the biological parents of all 13 siblings, Fellows said. A sister of Louise Turpin, Elizabeth Flores, told ABC the couple kept to themselves. Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped as an 11-year-old and repeatedly raped over 18 years by convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido in California.

Source: Daily Mail January 18, 2018 05:26 UTC