California couple charged with torture of kids due in court

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California couple charged with torturing their children by starving, beating and shackling them is due in court on Friday. David and Louise Turpin are scheduled to appear in a Riverside courtroom for a conference about their case. They have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges and each is... Read More

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David Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

February 21, 2018

Henrico dad arrested for impregnating daughter granted bond; she remains jailed

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A father who impregnated and married his biological, adult daughter was granted bond Tuesday in Henrico County. It was 42-year-old Steven Pladl’s first court appearance in Virginia following his January arrest on an incest charge in North Carolina. Pladl’s $28,000 bond came with conditions that he stay in Virginia while his... Read More

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Katie Pladl, Steven Pladl

February 16, 2018

Couple pleads guilty in case of child abuse, starvation

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple has pleaded guilty in a case in which prosecutors say three children were so starved for food they peeled paint off the walls to survive. Joshua and Brandi Weyant pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of aggravated assault, conspiracy, false imprisonment, unlawful restraining and child endangerment. Police, acting on... Read More

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Brandi Weyant, Joshua Weyant

February 13, 2018

The Latest: Mother testifies about 8-year-old’s abduction

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of Donald Smith, a man accused in the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in 2013 (all times local): 11:30 a.m. The mother of an 8-year-old girl who was abducted from a Florida Walmart, raped and killed said the man on trial for the crime... Read More

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Donald Smith, Rayne Perrywinkle

January 30, 2018

Legal Smart – Protecting the Abused Perris Children

Legal Expert Alison Triessl joins Lu Parker and Glen Walker on the KTLA News at 3 on Jan. 26, 2018 to discuss legal issues surrounding the Perris couple accused of torturing their 13 children.

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January 26, 2018

Iowa mom gets 3 life sentences in girl’s starvation death

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman convicted of murder in the starvation death of her 16-year-old daughter has been given three life sentences. The sentences were handed down Friday to 43-year-old Nicole Finn of West Des Moines. She was convicted last month of first-degree murder and three counts of kidnapping. Authorities say Natalie... Read More

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Nicole Finn

January 26, 2018

Mom’s Live-In Boyfriend Charged With Toddler Mariah Wood’s Chloroform Death

ONSLOW COUNTY, NC — Nearly three weeks after three-year-old Mariah Woods’ body was found in a North Carolina creek, her mother’s live-in boyfriend has been charged with her murder, according to authorities. Earl Kimrey is now facing first-degree murder and felony child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury/death charges in connection with the death of... Read More

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Earl Kimrey, Mariah Woods

January 25, 2018

Captive kids slowly providing information to investigators

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The California children who authorities say were tortured by their parents and so malnourished that their growth was stunted are slowly providing valuable information to investigators, a prosecutor told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “Victims in these kinds of cases, they tell their story, but they tell it slowly. They tell... Read More

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David Allen Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

January 24, 2018

DA seeks to bar parents from contacting 13 kids kept captive

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents accused of torturing 12 of their children and keeping them chained to beds for months and so malnourished their growth was stunted will appear in court Wednesday as prosecutors ask a judge to bar them from contacting their kids. The court proceeding is the latest step as authorities seek... Read More

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David Allen Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

January 20, 2018

Life term for California man’s ‘unforgivable’ child slayings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man apologized for the “unforgivable” slayings of his three children as he was sentenced to life in prison. The Sacramento Bee newspaper reports that Robert Hodges apologized Friday to his wife for destroying the life they had built together by suffocating infant Lucas Hodges and strangling 9-year-old Julie... Read More

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Robert William Hodges

January 20, 2018

Experts: Shackled children face long road to recovery

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — They are safe for now and, according to authorities, they are relieved. But the 13 children, aged 2 to 29, rescued from what was described as nothing less than a torture chamber will have years of therapy ahead, experts say, as they learn to live in a world that, until a... Read More

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David Allen Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

January 19, 2018

California DA says couple’s abuse of 12 kids became torture

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — They were starved and shackled to their beds, sometimes for months. They were beaten and choked. They were given scant medical care, often denied use of a toilet and allowed to shower but once a year. They lived mostly at night, out of sight of neighbors, and knew virtually nothing of... Read More

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David Allen Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

January 17, 2018

California couple’s ordinary home held torture chamber

PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — From the outside, the brown-and-beige four-bedroom home looked fairly orderly. Inside, it was a veritable torture chamber for 13 siblings who lived with their parents, police said. The couple who owned the home purchased it new in 2014 and soon arrived in the rapidly growing city 70 miles (113 kilometers) southeast... Read More

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David Allen Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

January 16, 2018

Parents arrested after children found chained in house

PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl called police after escaping from her family’s home where she and her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, some so malnourished officers at first believed all were children even though seven are adults. The girl, who was so small officers initially believed she was... Read More

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David Allen Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

California couple charged with torture of kids due in court

Henrico dad arrested for impregnating daughter granted bond; she remains jailed

Couple pleads guilty in case of child abuse, starvation

The Latest: Mother testifies about 8-year-old’s abduction

Legal Smart – Protecting the Abused Perris Children

Iowa mom gets 3 life sentences in girl’s starvation death

Mom’s Live-In Boyfriend Charged With Toddler Mariah Wood’s Chloroform Death

Captive kids slowly providing information to investigators

DA seeks to bar parents from contacting 13 kids kept captive

Life term for California man’s ‘unforgivable’ child slayings

Experts: Shackled children face long road to recovery

California DA says couple’s abuse of 12 kids became torture

California couple’s ordinary home held torture chamber

Parents arrested after children found chained in house

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