Secret video from inside Turpin house of horrors showing captive daughter, 17, singing songs | California
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Secret video from inside Turpin house of horrors showing captive daughter, 17, singing songs she wrote herself. THE 17-year-old girl who escaped from her parents’ House of Horrors to alert the authorities to her and her 12 siblings plight had a secret YouTube account.
The teen uploaded multiple videos of herself on the website under a false name giving the world a glimpse into life inside the Perris, California home.
Police say the 13 siblings were starved and subjected to horrific abuse
She recorded cries for help for the whole internet to see.
The brave teen who escaped the California house of horrors where she was held captive with her 12 siblings recorded secret YouTube videos under an unknown alias.
The unnamed 17-year-old Turpin child made the hidden recordings throughout the home, which included at least one ominous song.
“You blame me for everything, you blame me in every way, you blame me for what they say, what they say,” she sings in an excerpted video obtained by ABC affiliate KABC.
Her parents, David and Louise Turpin, were arrested in January for abusing their 13 children — sometimes chaining them up and beating them for washing their hands above the forearm.
How the teen made the recordings is unclear, given that the parents seemingly cut their children off from the outside world.
Another recording shows two dogs playing in someone’s bedroom.
She even made a video from inside the dirt-smeared home a week before jumping out a window to get help.
All of the children, except the couple’s 2-year-old, were malnourished when police later arrived at their home.
They face nearly 80 counts together, including torture, false imprisonment, abuse and assault. David Turpin was also charged with a single count of performing a lewd act on a child younger than 14.
A spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office declined to confirm the contents of the video, citing the ongoing investigation into the spiteful couple.
“There has been a recent media report about one of the victims in the David and Louise Turpin case being on social media,” the spokesman told the Daily News in a statement. “Our office has not commented on that report nor will we be confirming or commenting on it as this continues to be an active investigation.”
Each parent is being held on $12 million bail and has pleaded not guilty.
Their children, meanwhile, have been recovering in area hospitals.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed for the 13 survivors at Corona Regional Medical Center last week, the Press-Enterprise reported.
The teen uploaded multiple videos of herself on the website under a false name giving the world a glimpse into life inside the Perris, California home.
Police say the 13 siblings were starved and subjected to horrific abuse
She recorded cries for help for the whole internet to see.
The brave teen who escaped the California house of horrors where she was held captive with her 12 siblings recorded secret YouTube videos under an unknown alias.
The unnamed 17-year-old Turpin child made the hidden recordings throughout the home, which included at least one ominous song.
“You blame me for everything, you blame me in every way, you blame me for what they say, what they say,” she sings in an excerpted video obtained by ABC affiliate KABC.
Her parents, David and Louise Turpin, were arrested in January for abusing their 13 children — sometimes chaining them up and beating them for washing their hands above the forearm.
How the teen made the recordings is unclear, given that the parents seemingly cut their children off from the outside world.
Another recording shows two dogs playing in someone’s bedroom.
She even made a video from inside the dirt-smeared home a week before jumping out a window to get help.
All of the children, except the couple’s 2-year-old, were malnourished when police later arrived at their home.
They face nearly 80 counts together, including torture, false imprisonment, abuse and assault. David Turpin was also charged with a single count of performing a lewd act on a child younger than 14.
A spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office declined to confirm the contents of the video, citing the ongoing investigation into the spiteful couple.
“There has been a recent media report about one of the victims in the David and Louise Turpin case being on social media,” the spokesman told the Daily News in a statement. “Our office has not commented on that report nor will we be confirming or commenting on it as this continues to be an active investigation.”
Each parent is being held on $12 million bail and has pleaded not guilty.
Their children, meanwhile, have been recovering in area hospitals.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed for the 13 survivors at Corona Regional Medical Center last week, the Press-Enterprise reported.