House of Horrors - The Turpin 13

House of Horrors: The Turpin 13It was 5AM on an early Sunday morning.  Jordan Turpin was wide awake.  She was terrified and she could feel her entire body trembling in fear.  She had spent the last two years developing an incredible escape plan with her oldest sister, Jennifer.  If you guessed she was planning to escape a kidnapping or an abduction, you’d be completely wrong.  Jordan, along with her other 12 siblings were being held by their very own parents.  For almost 30 years David and Louise Turpin had systematically tortured, neglected and abused their 13 children to a point where they were under-developed, malnourished and uneducated..  The smell of rot and excrement filled the small house.  The home was barely over 2,000 square feet, but was covered in trash and garbage.  The 13 children shared one small bathroom, where they were allowed to shower once annually and could wash their hands, only to the wrist.  Anything beyond that was considered “playing with the water” and punishable by being chained to the bed.  Tonight, in the quiet of the house, two of her sisters were crying.  One child had been chained for stealing Mother’s candy and another for calling their mother, “The Devil”, saying she was “Worse than the Devil”.  One of Jordan’s three brothers was also chained and had been for several weeks.  His crime was the stealing of food.  All the children were in a state of starvation.Jennifer had tried to run away when the family lived in Texas, she may have been somewhere around Jordan’s age at the time, but the plot had failed.  She had been unceremoniously returned to the horror that was her home.  She had heard talk between their mother and father about the family moving again.  They would be moving to Oklahoma in the morning.  They had already announced that everyone was getting chained for the move.  Jennifer knew that this new development would ruin their two years of planning.  Something had to be done now.Jennifer tore a page out of one of her journals and drew a quick rudimentary map from memory.  She hadn’t spent much time outside of the house, but she drew what she could remember.  Jordan and another sister made a call to a Taxi company on the cell phone they had secreted away, to see what it would cost to be taken to NevadaJordan could hear the crying of her two sisters who had been chained up.  She recalled a television show called “Cops” and her plan pivoted.  She would go out and call 911 and alert the police to the abuse.  She would find a way to convince them to help her.  Jennifer reminded her to take pictures of her sisters chained up for proof and so Jordan quietly asked the two sisters if she could take pictures of them.  They quickly agreed and Jordan snapped a few photos.  She put a few pillows in the bed to make it look as if she were asleep and changed into clean clothes..Jordan climbed up on the window sill and dropped down.  Her heart was pounding in her chest.  The cold January air was chilling even through the clothes she wore, but she didn’t feel the cold.  She began walking North and then circled back and walked South towards a dead end.  She didn’t know the way out of the neighborhood.  The small map her sister gave her was scrunched in her small hands.Another sister climbs out and drops down and runs to catch up with Jordan, not knowing that she had gone the opposite direction.  Not finding her, she returns to the home, afraid and confused.  Jordan struggles to dial 911, her hands trembling from fear. She stands in the street, not knowing she should be walking on the sidewalk and that she shouldn’t be standing in the road.Jordan Elizabeth Turpin ran away trying to save her 12 siblings from a horror houseJanuary 14th 2018 at 5:49AM Sunday morning in Perris CA  Jordan climbed out of a window of her house on the 100 block of Muir Woods RoadWhole body was shaking made it difficulty to dial 911Was trying to calm downHer GPS is tracked on her 911 callShe didn’t know how to use the sidewalkStopped by the stop sign and waited for the police.  She fought the urge to runHer two little sisters and brother were chained upLived in filth.  Hard hard time breathingOnly took bathes yearlyWas motivated by her siblings cryingShe never saw her fathers weapon but heard them talk about him having a gun.The phone could only call out2, 11, 12, 14 (Girl), 16, 17 (Jordan), 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 29 (Jennifer).10 daughters and 3 sons between 1988 - 2015.Jordan had overheard her family talking about moving to OK and felt it was her time to make a moveJordan and her 14 year old sister both climbed out the window but the younger girl got scared and climbed back in Jennifer Turbin danced at the hospital.  It was the first time she felt free.First memory is abusive dad mistreating her momIn grade school Jennifer couldn’t make friendsShe thought she smelled.After 3rd grade she is removed from school and they home school Weighed 82 pounds when she was foundShe only completed the 3rd grade.  None of the other kids were ever schooledThe 12 year old’s arm had the circumference of a 4 month old babyUsed bible to control the kids to include their murderDog kennels, cages and beaten with sticks, belts.When the RIverside Police conducted the Welfare check, one kids had been shackled to the bed for weeks.  Two other were also shackled.7 of the kids were over 18 years old at the time of the rescueThe house contained hundreds of journals the kids had written about their livesAll children spent 2 months in the hospital6 minors were put into Foster CareDr. Treated malnourishment, heart damage, cognitive impairments and neuropathyThe families pets, two maltese terriers were better cared for than the childrenCops are conducting DNA tests to search for kids who may not have survivedDavid TurpinAnnual salary of $140KOctober 17, 1961Computer Engineer from VA TechBrother is a Dr. Randy TurpinWorked for Lockheed Martin & Northrup GrummanWoke up Sunday morning.  They answered the door out of breath. Probably panicked.David had a shy stutter, VA Tech and was an Engineer for Lockheed Martin23 when they marry and 26 when the first child is born$12M bailMule Creek State Prison and then CA State Prison, CorcoranDavid potentially kidnapped his wife at 16 so they could elopeLouis Anna Turpin“We were just in bed”, Louis said.The house if full of filthKids were chained to their bedsLouis was 6 years younger and a church girl who sang in the choirSexually assaulted by her grandfather, her mother was implicit16 when she marries and 20 when the first child is born$9M Bail Lawyer put her in a pre-trail diversion program due to her mental health of personality disorderCentral CA Women’s FacilityMet in Princeton, W. VA and married in Pearisburg, VA in 1985Would experiment with a swinging lifestyleHad an affinity for Disney LandFor years the Turpins beat, imprisoned and strangled their children.  They could only eat once...