Under their plea deal, the couple are facing 25 years to life. 9News
"This is among the worst, most aggravated child abuse cases I have ever seen," Hestrin said after the pair pleaded guilty in February. life inside the Turpin homeThe children were often tied up for "weeks or even months at a time," he told reporters.They were apparently allowed to wash their hands, but if they "were found to have washed their hands above the wrist area, they were accused of playing in the water," Hestrin said.
As a result of their isolation, Hestrin said that the children had little worldly knowledge and one had to be told what a police officer was.Brian Rokos is a reporter with local daily newspaper the Press-Enterprise. He has been covering the Turpin story in court and since it broke last year. Because of the guilty plea, the siblings were able to avoid testifying, and David and Louise Turpin have also avoided taking the stand.“The big question about this Friday is whether any of the children are going to show up to court. In court here, victims are allowed to make a statement in court before sentencing and they can address the judge or the defendants,” he said.“They can do it in person or they could write a letter to the court that they can have read for the record.
“The only time when I saw any overt display of emotion was when Louise pleaded guilty and then she kind of softly cried in court and wiped her tears. “But the legal authorities out here have been very tight-lipped, you don’t see the leaks, the little bits of information getting out that you do in cases elsewhere.”
Inside Edition reporter Diane McInerney toured the house at 160 Muir Woods Road when it was on the market and discovered a heart-wrenching sight: a plea for help drawn on the top of a cake box.Video filmed inside the home showed it cluttered with toys, bedding, clothing and broken furniture.
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