Channel 5 (UK) Documentaries

Channel 5 (UK) Documentaries

Tortured by Mum and Dad: The Turpin 13 (2018x28)


Air date: May 09, 2018

After receiving a 911 call from a 17-year-old girl police arrive at a cul-de-sac in Perris, California, where they discover the caller was one of 13 siblings who had effectively been held prisoner in an unassuming family home by their parents. This film tries to discover how no-one noticed, and why the parents of the Turpin family behaved as they did.

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