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 Two parents are being held on $9 million bail each after a horrific discovery at a residence in Perris over the weekend -- 13 malnourished siblings held captive amid dirty conditions, including some children shackled to beds, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said Monday. 
 
 An investigation began after a 17-year-old girl "escaped" from her home in the 100 block of Muir Woods Road and called 911 early Sunday morning to report that her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive by their parents, according to a sheriff's news release. The call came from a cellphone that she had managed to find in the house before fleeing. 
 
 In the disturbing phone call, she alleged some of her siblings were bound in padlocked chains. 
 
 Responding officers initially believed the “slightly emaciated” girl was only 10 years old until she provided her age. 
 
 After interviewing the teen, investigators went to the residence and contacted her parents, identified as 56-year-old David Allen Turpin and 49-year-old Louise Anna Turpin, according to the release. 
 
 Investigators discovered "several children shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foul-smelling surroundings," the release said. The parents could not provide a "logical" explanation for why the kids were restrained, investigators said. 
 
 Authorities located what they thought were 12 children, but were "shocked" to find out that seven of them were adults. In all, the victims are between the ages of 2 and 29, the release stated. 
 
 They looked to be malnourished and filthy, authorities said. The department did not say how long the children had been held under such conditions. 
 
 The victims were taken to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department's Perris Station for interviews; they were provided food and drink after telling investigators they were "starving," according to the release. 
 
 The six children and seven adults were then transported to different hospitals for treatment. Their conditions were not immediately known. 
 
 One neighbor told KTLA that residents in the area didn't know what was going on in the home. 
 
 “It’s heartbreaking," she said. "Now to know that there was that much kids in there and not even know about it then, it’s like, I wish there was something this community could have done." 
 
 A Facebook page for a "David-Louise Turpin" shows photos of the couple that match the pair seen in the booking photos. Images posted to the account in 2016 show the couple at what looks like a wedding ceremony, accompanied by 13 apparent children. 
 
 The 10 female children are dressed identically in pink plaid dresses, white tights and white Mary Janes, while one of the girls holds a baby. Three male children wear suits and magenta ties. 
 
 The girls all have long brown hair, and the boys have bowl haircuts, like the father. 
 
 Both parents were detained and interviewed while child and adult protectives services responded to assist in the investigation, the release stated. They were arrested on Muir Woods Road Sunday around 9 p.m. and booked early Monday morning at the Robert Presley Detention Center, according to inmate records. 
 
 The Turpins were booked on nine felony counts each of torture and 10 felony counts each of child endangerment. 
 
 The release stated that David Turpin was 57, but inmate records that show his date of birth indicate he is 56. 
 
 David’s mother, Betty Turpin, told CNN the children usually dressed alike during family outings for safety purposes. 
 
 "They were very protective of the kids," she said. The parents would also line their children up according to age, and then lead the group at the front and back of the line, she said. 
 
 "This is a highly respectable family," Betty added. 
 
 California records indicate a David Turpin is the principal of Sandcastle Day School, a private school that is located in the 100 block of Muir Woods Road in Perris. The address of the school matches that listed for the Turpins in public records. 
 
 The school -- which opened in March 2011 -- has a total of six students, one each in fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, 10th and 12th grades, according to the latest information from the state Department of Education. 
 
 The couple filed for bankruptcy the same year Sandcastle Day School opened, after accruing about $240,000 in debt, mostly from credit cards and a foreclosed farm south of Fort Worth, Texas, federal court documents show. 
 
 David Turpin had been an engineer for defense contractor Northrop Grumman, where he earned about $140,000 a year, the court record indicated. His wife was a homemaker. 
 
 When they declared bankruptcy, the Turpins had 12 children and "spoke about them highly," their attorney, Ivan Trahan, told the New York Times in an interview. He described them as "a very nice couple," noting that the family loved to visit Disneyland and visited the Anaheim theme park often. 
 
 "This is shocking," Trahan said of the accusations against the husband and wife. 
 
 The residence where the discovery was made is on a cul-de-sac in residential area of Perris, about 60 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles and 19 miles south-southeast from downtown Riverside. 
 
 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is contracted to operate the Perris Police Department. Deputies assigned to both agencies responded. 
 
 Anyone with information about the investigation is urged to call Master Investigator Tom Salisbury at the Perris Station by calling 951-210-1000, or via email at PerrisStation@RiversideSheriff.org. 
 
 KTLA's Melissa Pamer contributed to this story. 
 
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 The victims ranged in age from 2 to 29, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. 
 
 A 17-year-old girl managed to escape from the residence in Perris, California, on Sunday and called 911 from a cell phone she found in the house, police said. 
 
 The girl claimed her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive inside the home by her parents, some of them bound with chains and padlocks, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said. 
 
 The 17-year-old "appeared to be only 10 years old and slightly emaciated," the Riverside Sheriff's Department said. 
 
 Sheriff's deputies responded to the home and found the 12 other victims, who "appeared malnourished and very dirty," authorities said. All of them looked like children, police said, and officers were surprised to learn that seven of them were adults. Several were shackled to their beds "in dark and foul-smelling surroundings," the sheriff's department said. 
 
 David Allen Turpin, left, and Louise Anna Turpin, right. 
 
 David Allen Turpin, 56, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were charged Sunday with torture and child endangerment, the Sheriff's Department said. The couple was taken to the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. 
 
 Bail was set at $9 million for each, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said. 
 
 It was not immediately clear if the suspects had attorneys or whether they had entered a plea. 
 
 The six children -- including the 17-year-old who escaped -- are being treated at Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley. The seven adults are being treated at Corona Regional Medical Center in Corona, authorities said. 
 
 David and Louise Turpin with their children 
 
 Home listed as a school, state records show 
 
 David Turpin is listed as the principal of the Sandcastle Day School, according to the California Department of Education website. It was operated out of his home, the same nondescript, suburban residence where the 13 victims were found. The day school opened March 21, 2011, and was described as a private school serving grades 1-12. According to the website, the status of the school is "active." 
 
 Neighbors said they knew a large family lived there, CNN affiliate KABC reported, but they never saw any of the younger children. 
 
 One neighbor told the station that she saw the parents being arrested early Sunday. The children were taken from the home in their pajamas, she said. 
 
 "They were very, very pale-skinned, almost like they've never seen the sun," the neighbor said. 
 
 "And it was mostly girls ... kind of small-framed," the neighbor said. 
 
 David and Louise Turpin with the children at one of the couple's vow renewals. 
 
 Court records: David Turpin had worked as an engineer 
 
 The Turpins moved into the Perris home in 2010, public records show. 
 
 The next year, they filed for bankruptcy in California, according to court records. 
 
 Ivan Trahan, an attorney who represented the couple at their bankruptcy hearing, told CNN "there was nothing out of ordinary" about the couple when he worked with them in 2011. 
 
 David Turpin made about $140,000 per year working as an engineer at Northrop Grumman, according to the bankruptcy documents. His wife's occupation was listed as "homemaker." 
 
 They listed about $150,000 in assets, including about $87,000 from 401k plans from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, according to court papers. The documents listed debts of about $240,000, which included mostly credit card debt and a foreclosed farm in Rio Vista, Texas, valued at $40,000. 
 
 Trahan said neither of the Turpins seemed upset they were going through bankruptcy. 
 
 "They came with a lot of debt. We just knew there was no way they could make their payments," Trahan said. 
 
 The attorney said the couple "spoke lovingly of their children and even showed me their photos from Disneyland." 
 
 'This is a highly respectable family,' suspect's mother said. 
 
 David Turpin's mother, Betty, told CNN the couple usually took vacations with the entire family in tow. They have 13 children, she said, and they usually dressed alike when they went out for safety reasons. 
 
 "They were very protective of the kids," she said. When they went out, the couple would line the children up according to age, and the parents took their positions at the front and back of the line, she said. 
 
 "It was easier to keep up with the kids" that way, she said. 
 
 "This is a highly respectable family," she added. 
 
 A series of videos on social media showed the couple renewing their vows at the Elvis Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. They appear to have renewed their vows several times in recent years, in 2011, 2013 and 2015. 
 
 In the first video, an Elvis Presley impersonator sang "Love Me Tender" as he walked a smiling Louise Turpin down the aisle to reaffirm her commitment to her husband after 26 years together. 
 
 "I offer you this ring," David Turpin said, repeating after the impersonator, "as a symbol of my love, baby, baby." 
 
 Then, they danced to Presley's "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You." 
 
 The couple's children joined them for the 2013 and 2015 renewals. 
 
 In one ceremony, the girls, wearing matching plaid dresses, lead the processional, and the boys, wearing dark suits, stand with their father. 
 
 An emotional David Turpin can be seen repeating his vows in the video. The children laugh along with the Elvis impersonator, and the couple kisses as their daughters clap. 
 
 CORRECTION: This story has been updated to give the correct spelling of Northrop Grumman and the correct age for David Turpin, who is 56. ||||| People bicycle past a house in the 100 block of Muir Woods Road in Perris on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Authorities say 13 siblings had been held captive there until one of them escaped and called 911 Sunday morning, leading to their parents’ arrest. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 Neighbors stand across the street from the house at 160 Muir Woods Road in Perris on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Twelve siblings, some chained to their beds, were rescued after a 13th sister escaped Sunday morning. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
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 Media trucks line the 100 block of Muir Woods Road in Perris on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, following the arrest of David and Louise Turpin on suspicion of torture and child endangerment. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 Media crews set up Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in front of the house on Muir Woods Road in Perris where authorities say 13 siblings had been held captive. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 Neighbors gather Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, to share photos they took of a house in the 100 block of Muir Woods Road in Perris where 13 siblings who authorities say were being held captive were found the day before. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 
 
 Authorities say this house Muir Woods Road in a middle-class suburban neighborhood of Perris was dark and foul-smelling inside, with several children shackled to their beds as their parents allegedly held their 13 children, ages 2 to 29, captive. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 Neighbors stand across the street from the house at 160 Muir Woods Road in Perris on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Twelve siblings, some chained to their beds, were rescued after a 13th sister escaped Sunday morning. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 Neighbors gather Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, to share photos they took of a house in the 100 block of Muir Woods Road in Perris where 13 siblings who authorities say were being held captive were found the day before. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 Neighbors stand outside the house on Muir Woods Road in Perris on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, where 12 siblings, some chained to their beds, were rescued after a 13th sister escaped Sunday morning. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 A car drives past the house on Muir Woods Road in Perris on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, where 12 siblings, some chained to their beds, were rescued after a 13th sister escaped Sunday morning. (Photo by Andrew Foulk for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 
 
 
 
 In a discovery that has stunned both authorities and neighbors in a suburban Riverside County neighborhood, 13 brothers and sisters who appeared to have been held captive by their parents in a Perris house were found early Sunday, Jan. 14, after one of them escaped and called 911. 
 
 Some of them were chained and padlocked to their beds inside the dark and foul-smelling house in the 100 block of Muir Woods Road, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. 
 
 “The parents were unable to immediately provide a logical reason why their children were restrained in that manner,” sheriff’s officials said in a news release. 
 
 The victims appeared dirty and malnourished, the release said, and were so emaciated that deputies were shocked to discover that while all looked like children, they actually ranged in age from 2 to 29; six of them were minors and seven were 18 or older. 
 
 David Allen Turpin, 56, and Louise Ann Turpin, 49, were each arrested on suspicion of nine counts of torture and 10 counts of child endangerment, online jail records show. Bail was set at $9 million each. Neither suspect has a documented criminal record in Riverside County, Superior Court records show. 
 
 In a bankruptcy filing from 2011, when the couple lived in Murrieta, records state that David Turpin was an engineer at Northrop Grumman and that his wife was a homemaker. 
 
 David Turpin also was listed in California Department of Education records as principal of a private school with the same address as their house. While it’s not clear that the school’s six enrolled students as of last year were the Turpins’ own children, parents who intend to homeschool their children are required to file a Private School Affidavit, according to the state Department of Education website. 
 
 Neighbors Zinzi and Ricardo Ross expressed disbelief Monday afternoon at the situation on Muir Woods Road. The couple has lived nearby for more than two years. 
 
 “It’s very shocking,” Ricardo Ross said. “Very devastating.” 
 
 Zinzi Ross agreed. “It’s crazy. I can’t believe this is going on,” she said. 
 
 An escape and plea for help 
 
 Early Sunday, a 17-year-old girl — who investigators said looked like she was only about 10 — managed to escape from the home with a cellphone that she used to 911, the sheriff’s news release said. She said her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive. 
 
 Deputies went to the home, where they found the other victims along with the parents, David and Louise Turpin. 
 
 The victims, who “claimed to be starving,” were fed and admitted to local hospitals, the release said. Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services assisted in the investigation. 
 
 There was no answer at Child Protective Services’ main offices on Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. A supervisor at the child abuse hotline said he could not provide any information. 
 
 It wasn’t clear how long authorities believe the children may have been kept in those conditions. The Sheriff’s Department made no further information available Monday beyond the news release but scheduled a rare news conference for 10 a.m. Tuesday. 
 
 Investigators asked that anyone with information on the case contact Master Investigator Tom Salisbury at the Perris station at 951-210-1000 or PerrisStation@RiversideSheriff.org. 
 
 ‘Mommy loves me’ 
 
 The horrible allegations against the Turpin parents contrast sharply with the impression given by their joint Facebook page. Several dozen photographs, posted publicly, show a smiling family having fun in places such as Disneyland and Las Vegas. 
 
 David and Louise Turpin appear to have had marriage-renewal ceremonies at least three times, in 2011, 2013 and 2015, at the Elvis Chapel in Las Vegas. 
 
 The couple posted photos from the Halloween 2015 ceremony on their Facebook page throughout spring 2016. Louise wears a white wedding gown and David wears a tuxedo; Elvis is in a gold jacket. There’s a baby in a frilly pink dress and nine other girls in matching pink and purple plaid dresses, while three boys have on black suits and magenta ties, their hair cut in mop-tops like David’s. 
 
 Other pictures show the family in matching outfits on other group outings. And there are lots of pictures of the baby, including one in which she wears a “Mommy loves me” T-shirt. 
 
 Many of the children appear thin in the photos but not obviously unhealthy. And like the sheriff’s deputies who found the victims Sunday, someone seeing the pictures may be surprised any of the children were in their 20s. 
 
 Attempts to reach relatives of the Turpins were unsuccessful Monday. 
 
 A comment on one of the family photos indicates the couple moved to California around 2009. They purchased their current house in Perris — a four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2,388-square-foot home that was built in 2013 — in August 2014 for $351,000, county property records show. 
 
 That house at 160 Muir Woods Road is also the address of Sandcastle Day School, a private school founded in the 2014-15 school year, according to state records. 
 
 In the 2016-17 school year, it had an enrollment of six: one student in each of the fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, 10th and 12th grades. 
 
 The school is within the boundaries of the Perris Union High School District, said Candace Reines, the district’s deputy superintendent for business services. However, as a private school, Reines said, Sandcastle has no association with the public district. 
 
 “Private schools, they don’t have to get any approvals from the local school district,” she said. 
 
 Instead, their operators — including a parent who wants to run a private homeschool — file a Private School Affidavit with the state Department of Education. 
 
 ‘No idea this was going on’ 
 
 The Turpins’ middle-class neighborhood — where their frequently unkempt lawn was one of the things neighbors had noticed most about it — was abuzz Monday afternoon as news spread of what had authorities found inside. 
 
 More than two dozen people gathered in groups on the sidewalk, and motorists drove by the house, some slowing down and pulling out their cellphones to capture the scene. A helicopter flew overhead and news reporters poured in to try to gain insight on the family, but few of the people who were outside had had much interaction with the Turpins. 
 
 Andrew Santillan, who lives around the corner, heard about the case from a friend. 
 
 “I had no idea this was going on,” he said as he stood in a nearby driveway and watched the scene. “I didn’t know there were kids in the house.” 
 
 Neighbor Andria Valdez said she first saw four cop cars outside the Turpins’ house about 8:15 a.m. Sunday. She said officials stayed all day — one deputy was there until 10 p.m., and a truck with a camper shell that said “Riverside Services” stayed overnight, she said. 
 
 Valdez said her family had previously joked the family at that house reminded them of the fictional Cullen family from the “Twilight” book and film series. 
 
 “They only came out at night,” she said. “They were really, really pale.” 
 
 Jonte McLaurin also saw about four or five sheriff’s cars Sunday morning. 
 
 He said he used to mow lawns in the neighborhood, and several years ago he tried knocking on the door to offer his lawn services, but the family declined. 
 
 “They were all weird about it,” he said 
 
 He said he noticed they at one point let their grass die and then put bales of hay in the front yard. 
 
 A few years ago, Robert Perkins said he and his mom saw a few family members constructing a Nativity scene in the Turpins’ front yard. Perkins said he complimented them on it. 
 
 “They didn’t say a word,” he said. 
 
 Staff writers Craig Shultz, Alma Fausto, Tim Guy and Gail Wesson contributed to this report. 
 
 Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct David Turpin’s age and the spelling of Louise Turpin’s middle name. ||||| Advisory 
 
 Early Sunday morning on January 14, 2018, a 17-year old juvenile escaped from her residence situated in the 100 Block of Muir Woods Road, Perris and managed to call 911 from a cellular device she found inside the house. The teenager claimed her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive inside the residence by her parents and further claimed some of her siblings were bound with chains and padlocks. 
 
 
 
 When Police Officers from the Perris Police Department and Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department met with the juvenile, she appeared to be only 10 years old and slightly emaciated. After a brief interview with the female, they contacted 57-year old David Allen Turpin and 49-year old Louise Anna Turpin at the residence where the teenager escaped. 
 
 
 
 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. Deputies located what they believed to be 12 children inside the house, but were shocked to discover that 7 of them were actually adults, ranging in age from 18 to 29. The victims appeared to be malnourished and very dirty. Perris Station Detectives were dispatched to the residence for further investigation. 
 
 
 
 All 13 victims, ranging from the age of 2 to 29, were transported to the Perris Station and interviewed. Both parents were detained and transported to the station for further investigation. Child Protective Services (CPS) and Adult Protective Services (APS) arrived to assist in the investigation. The victims were provided with food and beverages after they claimed to be starving. 
 
 
 
 The six children were eventually transported to the Riverside University Hospital System (RUHS) for medical examinations and admitted for treatment. The seven adult children were transported to Corona Regional Medical Center for an examination and admitted for medical treatment. 
 
 
 
 Both parents were interviewed in this matter and subsequently transported to the Robert Presley Detention Center (RPDC). They were booked for violations of California Penal Code Section 206–Torture and Section 273a(A)–Child Endangerment. Bail was set at $9,000,000.00 each. 
 
 
 
 Anyone with additional information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact Master Investigator Tom Salisbury at the Perris Station by calling (951) 210-1000, or by email at PerrisStation@RiversideSheriff.org ||||| The odd behavior didn’t escape the neighbors, but they thought that maybe David and Louise Turpin were simply an odd couple with a big family who preferred to be private. 
 
 One neighbor, Mike Clifford, didn’t worry too much when he saw several children walking in circles late at night inside their Southern California home. It was strange, he told the Los Angeles Times, but maybe it was just something they did, or perhaps the children had special needs. 
 
 Another neighbor, Salynn Simon, told the Times that she was surprised but not disturbed when she met one of the Turpins’ sons, a man in his mid-20s who didn’t look his age. “You look 15,” she told the young man who only smiled and nodded. 
 
 Neighbors and family members now know there’s more to the Turpin family than just odd behavior and that the couple’s children were malnourished. The harrowing revelations of the past few days captured headlines around the country and elsewhere. 
 
 “HOUSE of HORRORS,” read a headline on the cover of People Magazine. The revelations also confounded those who had interacted with the couple and left some grappling with why they weren’t more concerned at the time. 
 
 [ Before police rescued their 13 children, the two parents had a history of strange behavior, family and neighbors say ] 
 
 Authorities said the children, for reasons still unclear, were starved for years and held captive in a dirty, smelly house in Perris, Calif., not far from Los Angeles. If they misbehaved, they were tied to their beds as punishment — first with a rope and later with chains and padlocks — and were kept from using the bathroom, prosecutors said. 
 
 David Allen Turpin and Louise Anna Turpin are each facing nearly 40 charges, including a dozen counts of torture and another dozen counts of false imprisonment. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges. 
 
 On Wednesday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Emma Smith barred the parents from contacting the children for the next three years, including by phone or electronically. Only their lawyer can deliver messages, the Desert Sun reported. 
 
 The protective order granted by the judge prohibits the Turpins from being within 100 yards away from their children. The order also prohibits the Turpin parents from harassing or stalking their children, and from attempting to get their addresses, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise. 
 
 The parents — who are each being held on $12 million bail — appeared in court wearing suits and shackles, the Press-Enterprise reported. Louise Turpin was photographed smiling before the brief hearing. 
 
 
 
 Louise Turpin appears in court in Riverside, Calif., on Wednesday. (Mike Blake/Pool/AP) 
 
 Before Wednesday’s hearing, Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin said the siblings are slowly opening up to investigators, even as they remain hospitalized after being rescued from the home on Jan. 14. 
 
 “Victims in these kinds of cases, they tell their story, but they tell it slowly; they tell it at their own pace,” Hestrin told the Associated Press. “It will come out when it comes out.” 
 
 The alleged child abuse hid in plain sight for years and was not uncovered until last week, when one of the couple’s daughters slipped through a window and called 911 from a phone she found inside the house, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. She said she was 17 years old, but she was so tiny that authorities thought she was only 10. Deputies were equally shocked to find that several of the Turpin siblings were, in fact, adults. 
 
 The Turpins had 10 girls and three boys. The oldest is 29 and weighed only 82 pounds. The youngest is 2, the only one of the siblings who wasn’t malnourished, officials said. 
 
 The case’s national press coverage over the last week has led David Turpin’s attorney to consider asking whether the trial could be moved outside of Riverside County. 
 
 “The frequent appearance of photographs or video images of the Turpins in the media may taint potential jurors, prejudice them against the Turpins and make it necessary to explore a possible motion for a change of venue,” Attorney David Macher wrote in a court motion, according to the Desert Sun. 
 
 
 
 David and Louise Turpin appear in court with their lawyers on Wednesday in Riverside, Calif. (Terry Pierson/AFP/Getty Images) 
 
 People who knew members of the Turpin family are now reexamining their interactions with them. 
 
 A man who said he attended elementary school in Fort Worth with one of the Turpins’ daughters remembered a frail girl who wore the same dirty purple outfit every day and tied her hair with a Hershey’s bar wrapper — the girl “nobody wanted to be caught talking to.” 
 
 The man, Taha Muntajibuddin, now 28, said the girl moved away after third grade. Years later, he said, he found himself wondering how she was doing. He had a “rude awakening” last week after reading stories about the girl and her family, he said. 
 
 “I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of guilt and shame. Of course, none of us are responsible for the events that ensued, but you can’t help but feel rotten when the classmate your peers made fun of for ‘smelling like poop’ quite literally had to sit in her own waste because she was chained to her bed,” Muntajibuddin wrote in a lengthy Facebook post. “It is nothing but sobering to know that the person who sat across from you at the lunch table went home to squalor and filth while you went home to a warm meal and a bedtime story.” 
 
 The family had also lived in Murrieta, Calif., where Clifford said he often spotted the children through a window on the second floor at night. They would march in circles, over and over, for long periods of time, he told the Los Angeles Times. 
 
 “It was kind of strange, [but] there was never anything to say, ‘Oh, my God. I should call somebody,’ ” said Clifford, who did not immediately return a call from The Washington Post. 
 
 Other nights, he saw the siblings getting into a van with their father, he told the Times. Again, he wondered why but didn’t suspect anything horrendous. 
 
 The family moved a few miles north, to Perris, in 2014. There, during a Christmas decorating contest two years ago, Louise Turpin gleefully talked about her big family and joked about how her older children always had to show their IDs during trips to Las Vegas, Simon, the other neighbor, told the Times. 
 
 Turpin had always wanted a big family and gushed about “Kate Plus 8,” a reality show about a mother and her sextuplets and twin daughters, Turpin’s brother, Billy Lambert, told People. She was even talking about having a 14th child. 
 
 [ How a malnourished teen escaped a house full of chains and freed her 12 siblings ] 
 
 If he and other family members had known something was wrong, Lambert said, they “would have stopped it ourselves.” 
 
 On the surface, the family seemed happy. The Turpins renewed their wedding vows at least three times since they were married 33 years ago. One was as recently as 2015, when the couple slow-danced to “Can’t Help Falling in Love” sung by an Elvis impersonator. Louise Turpin wore a white, strapless wedding gown and her husband a tuxedo. Their daughters were in matching purple plaid dresses with ribbon belts and their sons in identical black suits and red ties. 
 
 Some photos online show the Turpins on family trips, always wearing identical outfits. In one picture, the siblings — all pale and skinny and wearing the same red T-shirts with different numbers printed on the front — smiled as they posed with their parents. 
 
 “She would tell us the kids are doing great. She was real busy home-schooling,” Lambert told People. “She told us David was making two or three hundred thousand [dollars] a year, so we thought they had this awesome life and always going on trips.” 
 
 Records show the Turpins were thousands of dollars in debt. They filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy at least twice — in 1992 in Fort Worth and in 2011 in Riverside, Calif. Court documents say David Turpin made about $140,000 as an engineer while his wife stayed at home. 
 
 Records also show that the Turpins ran a school from their home. David Turpin is listed in a state Department of Education directory as the principal of Sandcastle Day School, a private K-12 school that has the same address as the couple’s home. 
 
 The Riverside University Health System Foundation has started an online campaign to raise money to help the siblings. “Our phones started ringing almost immediately with calls from private individuals and organizations wanting to know how they can help,” Erin Phillips, the foundation’s executive director, said last week. “We recognize financial gifts will not eliminate the trauma, but additional resources will be extremely important in helping these victims adjust over time.” 
 
 The Turpins are next due in court on Feb. 23. 
 
 
 
 Toys left by neighbors for the Turpin siblings sit in front of their family’s home in Perris, Calif., on Wednesday. (Damian Dovarganes/AP) 
 
 Samantha Schmidt and Lindsey Bever contributed to this story, which has been updated. 
 
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– An ordinary house in a California subdivision concealed a bizarre and disturbing case of torture and child abuse, police say. In a press release, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office says a 17-year-old girl called 911 early Sunday morning after escaping a home in Perris and told police her 12 siblings were being held captive by their parents. Police say that inside the residence, they found several malnourished and dirty children "shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foul-smelling surroundings"—and parents David and Louise Turpin were "unable to provide a logical reason" why they were restrained. Investigators initially thought the couple's 13 children were all juveniles, but they were shocked to discover that seven were adults and the oldest was 29. David Turpin, 57, and Louise Turpin, 49, were arrested on charges of torture and child endangerment and are being held on a $9 million bond each, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 13 victims—the youngest just 2 years old—were hospitalized. Police say they gave them food after they said they were starving. Horrified neighbors tell the Press-Enterprise that they had no idea what was going on. Some didn't even know there were children in the house. A joint Facebook page shows the Turpins, accompanied by their children, renewing their wedding vows in Las Vegas. A 2011 bankruptcy filing seen by CNN states that David Turpin made $140,000 per year working as an engineer at Northrup Grumman. He is listed as principal of the Sandcastle Day School, a private school with just six students, at his Perris address, KTLA reports.