David and Louise Turpin were charged Thursday and face up to life in prison. The 12 oldest children, as Fox News has reported, showed signs of severe malnutrition, including stunted growth. The children were being homeschooled but lacked even basic knowledge such as what a policeman was, investigators said. Prosecutors said they didn’t know what motivated the Turpins to torture the children in such squalid conditions. The parents were quoted as saying that “God called on them” to have such a large family.

Source: Fox News January 22, 2018 21:05 UTC