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That Weird California Couple Who Tortured Their Kids

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
From the linked article.....

What we know so far:

  • David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were arrested after cops found their 13 kids chained up in “dark and foul-smelling surrounds”
  • The siblings, who cops said were “very dirty”, were so malnourished that officers thought seven adults were CHILDREN
  • The starving kids begged police for food when they were found shackled to their beds
  • The parents were each charged with nine counts of torture and ten counts of child endangerment
  • The alarm was raised when one of their children escaped and called the police
  • The 17-year-old girl who alerted cops was so malnourished she was initially thought to be no older than ten
  • Neighbours said the “pale” family only came out at night – with one saying they were unaware any kids lived there
  • One neighbour said the Turpins reminded her of the family of vampires from the Twilight book and film series
  • Another neighbour said “smirking” mum Louise Turpin “spat on the floor twice” in front of cops when they arrived to raid the house
  • The parents are due in court on Thursday, with their bail set at £6.5million each
 

Stevicus

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
I heard some people talking about this story yesterday at work. Truly horrific. I can't even fathom what kind of twisted human beings those parents must be to inflict this upon their own children. I've heard of similar stories before. It's these kinds of stories which puts me off on religion and any idea that there is any kind of existence of "god." I know of couples who are childless who probably would have made excellent parents, hoping and praying for children, yet get nothing. Then there are these vile, despicable miscreants who have plenty of children just so they can destroy them.
 

Aldrnari

Active Member
Dear lord... Why do I even read the comment sections in news articles anymore? My favorite one is as follows:

"White christians eh? There goes the neighbourhood. If only they allowed racially exclusive area where decent, mixed race hispanic gangs could operate in peace and safety. I'm telly you, this isn't a novelty value story, it's part of the assault on white society and privacy in general. Righteous as your indignation might be remember - they only need to get away with it once and it could be you next." -Philip Urswick

:facepalm:
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Dear lord... Why do I even read the comment sections in news articles anymore? My favorite one is as follows:

"White christians eh? There goes the neighbourhood. If only they allowed racially exclusive area where decent, mixed race hispanic gangs could operate in peace and safety. I'm telly you, this isn't a novelty value story, it's part of the assault on white society and privacy in general. Righteous as your indignation might be remember - they only need to get away with it once and it could be you next." -Philip Urswick

:facepalm:
Always use caution when reading commentary.
(I think they recruit crazies & trolls to post there.)
 

A Vestigial Mote

Well-Known Member
Article said the mom "appeared perplexed" as to why the cops were at her door. Even trying to keep up the act when the jig was up - and then spit on the ground at the cops when it came time to subdue her and haul her off. If that's not a true measure of a complete a$$hole, I don't know what is. They knew it was all wrong the entire time - hence the reason they wouldn't let extended family visit, and they knew that they'd be slapped silly with litigation as soon as anyone found out.

They ought to strap the parents down in a chair and let each child walk into the room and ask them why - force the parents to give answers by tacking on additional life sentences if they try and keep their stupid mouths shut. They should find all the kids stellar homes, and then someone needs to make a video montage of all the good stuff that is happening in their lives, with some really cheesy, terrible scoring and play it on repeat all day every day in the parents' permanent solitary-confinement cells.
 

BSM1

What? Me worry?
Article said the mom "appeared perplexed" as to why the cops were at her door. Even trying to keep up the act when the jig was up - and then spit on the ground at the cops when it came time to subdue her and haul her off. If that's not a true measure of a complete a$$hole, I don't know what is. They knew it was all wrong the entire time - hence the reason they wouldn't let extended family visit, and they knew that they'd be slapped silly with litigation as soon as anyone found out.

They ought to strap the parents down in a chair and let each child walk into the room and ask them why - force the parents to give answers by tacking on additional life sentences if they try and keep their stupid mouths shut. They should find all the kids stellar homes, and then someone needs to make a video montage of all the good stuff that is happening in their lives, with some really cheesy, terrible scoring and play it on repeat all day every day in the parents' permanent solitary-confinement cells.

Although I don't disagree with you, I don't think these nutcases would be affected by any form of retribution. I say just summarily execute them by firing squad.
 

BSM1

What? Me worry?
From the linked article.....

What we know so far:

  • David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were arrested after cops found their 13 kids chained up in “dark and foul-smelling surrounds”
  • The siblings, who cops said were “very dirty”, were so malnourished that officers thought seven adults were CHILDREN
  • The starving kids begged police for food when they were found shackled to their beds
  • The parents were each charged with nine counts of torture and ten counts of child endangerment
  • The alarm was raised when one of their children escaped and called the police
  • The 17-year-old girl who alerted cops was so malnourished she was initially thought to be no older than ten
  • Neighbours said the “pale” family only came out at night – with one saying they were unaware any kids lived there
  • One neighbour said the Turpins reminded her of the family of vampires from the Twilight book and film series
  • Another neighbour said “smirking” mum Louise Turpin “spat on the floor twice” in front of cops when they arrived to raid the house
  • The parents are due in court on Thursday, with their bail set at £6.5million each

Amazingly CA has evolved to where they are accepting pounds for bail.
 

idav

Being
Premium Member
I have been following this story which is pretty horrific and can barely read any of it without throwing up. Interesting you mention religion, mom was a preachers daughter and dad also reportedly came from a “good Christian family”. The Grandparents(dads parents) were shocked and in complete denial, the moms parents had been completely cut off and died never seeing their grandchildren, very sad.

Execution and prison are too nice for individuals doing such heinous crimes, this couple could be shackled and malnourished for 25 years or so. Sorry I don’t usually like eye for an eye but I’m weak sometimes.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I have been following this story which is pretty horrific and can barely read any of it without throwing up. Interesting you mention religion, mom was a preachers daughter and dad also reportedly came from a “good Christian family”. The Grandparents(dads parents) were shocked and in complete denial, the moms parents had been completely cut off and died never seeing their grandchildren, very sad.

Execution and prison are too nice for individuals doing such heinous crimes, this couple could be shackled and malnourished for 25 years or so. Sorry I don’t usually like eye for an eye but I’m weak sometimes.
I could be talked into the rare imposition of slow agonizing torture for life.
 

Quetzal

A little to the left and slightly out of focus.
Premium Member
From the linked article.....

What we know so far:

  • David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were arrested after cops found their 13 kids chained up in “dark and foul-smelling surrounds”
  • The siblings, who cops said were “very dirty”, were so malnourished that officers thought seven adults were CHILDREN
  • The starving kids begged police for food when they were found shackled to their beds
  • The parents were each charged with nine counts of torture and ten counts of child endangerment
  • The alarm was raised when one of their children escaped and called the police
  • The 17-year-old girl who alerted cops was so malnourished she was initially thought to be no older than ten
  • Neighbours said the “pale” family only came out at night – with one saying they were unaware any kids lived there
  • One neighbour said the Turpins reminded her of the family of vampires from the Twilight book and film series
  • Another neighbour said “smirking” mum Louise Turpin “spat on the floor twice” in front of cops when they arrived to raid the house
  • The parents are due in court on Thursday, with their bail set at £6.5million each
Absolutely disgusting...
 

Jumi

Well-Known Member
I was reading about that, but didn't want to start another angry thread right after my last one. :)
 

Nakosis

Non-Binary Physicalist
Premium Member

Extremely religious folks according to the Grandparents.

If I found my kids were treating their kids like this, I'd take them away.

The Grandparents are from West Virginia. My son said when he drove through West Virginia the religious folks there scared the hell out of him.

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
 
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