- More disturbing details are emerging about
- The Turpins reportedly only fed their 13 children once a day and allowed them to shower twice a year.
- Police found the children chained to furniture and severely malnourished.
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The 13 children held captive by their parents in California were reportedly allowed only one meal a day, and two showers a year
New details continue to emerge about David and Louise Turpin, the California parents of 13 who were arrested on charges of torture and child endangerment.
Horrifying details about a California family continued to emerge on Thursday, five days after parents David and Louise Turpin were arrested on charges of torture and child endangerment.
On Sunday, their 17-year-old daughter escaped from their home in Perris, California, and notified authorities that she and her 12 siblings were being held captive.
Police arrived to find some of the children shackled to beds and furniture with chains and padlocks. The children were so malnourished they look several years younger than their actual ages.
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A law-enforcement officer with knowledge of the situation told NBC News on Thursday that the Turpins allowed their children to shower just twice a year, and fed them just one rationed meal a day. Rooms in the house were said to be "urine-filled."
"They said they needed to say goodbye because they were getting ready to leave town," the neighbor told The Mirror. "They didn't say where or when they were going."
Authorities said the parents were "
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