Parents who tortured their children in the "house of horror" will be sentenced to life imprisonment

The parents of "house of horror" in California They will spend the rest of their lives in jail after pleading guilty Friday to 14 criminal charges, including beatings and torture against 12 of their 13 children.

David Turpin, 57 years old and Louise Turpin, out of 50, were arrested in January 2018 as a result of a complaint from one of his daughters, who managed to escape and call the police.

The turpin Each of them was charged with 14 counts of torture, kidnapping and child abuse, which were beaten and strangled, as well as malnourished, allowing them to shower one year. and never take them to the doctor.

Your sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 19 in a County Court of Riverside.

The Riverside County Attorney, where they are tried, Michael Hestrin, said that under the guilty plea, they would be sentenced to "the maximum that they can receive under California law." life imprisonment, with right to a parole hearing in 25 years.

"It's one of the worst cases of abuse I've seen in my career as an attorney"Hestrin said at a press conference during which he announced the decision of the accused.

Hestrin said his office was looking for this statement to prevent Turpin's children, aged three to 30, from testifying in court.

The 13 brothers are supported by County and Child Protection Departments.

"I met all the victims the previous days, including the 3 years"Hestrin said. "I was very captivated by their optimism, their hope for the future, they want to live and big smiles"

– Two years to escape –

The family lived in a wealthy home in the town of Perris, Riverside County, southeast of Los Angeles.

Jordan Turpin, then 17, He escaped through a window and, his cell phone being disabled, he was able to call the emergency services. The operation was planned for two years.

During the call, she said that her two younger sisters "had been chained to their bed" for breaking the house rules by taking sweets in the kitchen without permission.

"Sometimes my sisters wake up and start crying" for pain. "I'm calling to help my sisters," said the young woman who said she had an education equivalent to grade one and showed problems even to spell her last name.

Reading an envelope, he could not distinguish the house number from the postal code of his residence

Sheriff Manuel Campos, who responded to the emergency appeal, told the court in January that the girl, who looked a lot like a girl, had very dirty hair and skin and confessed that She was "scared to death". "

According to the prosecution, all the children were subjected to criminal proceedings. "prolonged abuse" and when they were rescued, they were hospitalized and placed in physical and psychological treatment.