The Turpin family now latest – Diane Sawyer 20/20 documentary reveals children ‘abused AFTER House of Horrors escape’

'THEY ARE MOVING ON WITH THEIR LIVES'

At the time of their rescue, Child Protective Services (CPS) and Adult Protective Services (APS) were called and the Turpin siblings were given food and drink after they were found emaciated in their home.

Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Kevin Beecham told  in 2020: “They’re all happy."

“They are moving on with their lives.".

WHAT HAS LOUISE TURPIN'S YOUNGER SISTER SAID?

Elizabeth Flores, Louise's younger sister, said: “I actually didn’t know anything. I haven’t seen them since 2010."

"We were all raised up in a strict Christian home," she told author John Glatt, for his book The Family Next Door.

Elizabeth recalled David and Louise being extremely strict with their kids.

“They had to ask permission to go to the bathroom. They had to ask permission to eat.”

“We thought [Louise] had the perfect life,” said her half-brother Billy Robinette Jr.

JENNIFER DREAMS OF BECOMING CHRISTIAN POP ARTIST

Jennifer Turpin told ABC's Diane Sawyer she "daydreams of becoming a Christian pop artist."

She revealed her favorite song to be Kelly Clarkson's "Broken & Beautiful."

Jordan Turpin said she "loves doing TikToks " and "loves to learn."

She has already graduated high school in just one year and is now taking college classes.

Aside from their life dreams, what matters to Jennifer and Jordan the most is getting to see their brothers and sisters.

WHO ARE JENNIFER AND JORDAN TURPIN'S SIBLINGS?

During the ABC interview, Jennifer and Jordan were tight-lipped about their siblings because they wanted to protect their privacy 

They are said to be living normal lives since their release and continue to meet up with one another. 

Many have jobs or are attending educational institutions. Some are living on their own.

Jordan told ABC News: “It feels at home, being with all of us.

“Every time we're together, it's a very special moment, because we always know at the end of the day, we're always gonna have each other.”

WHERE IS JORDAN TURPIN NOW?

During the interview with Diane Sawyer, which was recorded this summer, 21-year-old Jordan Turpin said: "Right now, I don’t really have a way to get food right now.

“I also don’t really have a place to go right now, but I have my older siblings helping me out."

Jordan is currently in a school program that provides temporary housing.

WHERE IS JENNIFER TURPIN NOW?

Since the Turpin children escaped their house of horrors, Jennifer Turpin, who was 31 at the time, turned to music as an outlet.

Her first moment of freedom hit her sitting in her hospital room and she said she just danced. “Music was playing, I got up,” she told Sawyer.

“I made sure there was a little bit of a floor cleared out and I danced.”

She told Sawyer that she "daydreams of becoming a Christian pop artist" and that her favourite song is Kelly Clarkson's Broken & Beautiful.

Turpin has aspired to be a published author, although she didn’t specify what books she hopes to write.

But for now she works in a restaurant and finds simple pleasure in the act of getting fresh air and going for a walk.

CHILLING 911 CALL

Jordan Turpin was the one who ultimately called 911 and reported the abuse she and her siblings faced.

Speaking with a dispatcher, she said about her life and parents David and Louise Turpin: “I just ran away from home because I live in a family of 15. OK? Can you hear me? And we have abusing parents. Did you hear that?”

When the dispatcher asked her to describe how her parents were abusing her and her siblings, she said: “OK, They hit us. They like to throw us across the room. They pull out hair. They yank out our hair.”

“I have two… My two little sisters right now are chained up.”

She said her parents would “literally kill me” if they found out she had escaped.

TURPIN CHILDREN HAD SECRET BARBIE CAMERA

Jordan and Jennifer Turpin spoke about how a camera hidden in a Barbie doll filmed the kids being caged, beaten, starved, and abused.

Jordan said that she got the idea to run away after uploading some videos online.

“…When mother and father would leave, that’s when I would sneak into the bathroom and make my videos and put them out,” she said.

Jordan would record herself singing, usually in the bathroom.

She told Sawyer that a viewer once messaged her and asked a few questions. Their conversation prompted her to realize she should seek help.

PARENTS BINGED ON FOOD WHILE KIDS STARVED

While their parents binged on fast food, and taunted them with freshly baked pumpkin pies which they were forbidden to touch, Jennifer says the children ate once a day - getting a peanut butter sandwich, a frozen burrito or chips.

When Jennifer was 18, parents David and Louise made 10 of the children move into a trailer in a remote part of their property, taking only their youngest two before driving away.

They brought limited groceries once a week, or sometimes every two weeks, leaving the children starving.

“I would try to stretch it out and make sure that we at least had stuff to eat each day of the week,” Jennifer said.

Jordan, who was just six, added: “There was a lot of starving. I would have to figure out how to eat. I would either eat ketchup or mustard or ice.”

‘I COULD SMELL THE GRASS’

When the Turpin children were eventually rescued, Jennifer and Jordan described how the smallest things — like being able to listen to music or smell the grass outside — meant the world to them.

Jordan described her first experience at a park.

“I was so excited because I could smell the grass,” she said. “I was like, ‘How could heaven be better than this? … Oh my gosh, this is so free, this is life.'”

LOUISE'S FAMILY SAYS SHE HASN'T SHOWN REMORSE

The family of Louise and David Turpin spoke to Good Morning Britain of their horror, and revealed Louise hadn't shown signs of remorse.

Elizabeth Flores, Louise's younger sister, said: “I actually didn’t know anything. I haven’t seen them since 2010."

"We were all raised up in a strict Christian home," she told author John Glatt, for his book The Family Next Door.

Elizabeth recalled David and Louise being extremely strict with their kids.

“They had to ask permission to go to the bathroom. They had to ask permission to eat.”

“We thought [Louise] had the perfect life,” said her half-brother Billy Robinette Jr.

‘BEAT UNTIL I BLED’

Jennifer Turpin spoke during an ABC interview about how before the siblings were freed, she was afraid to do anything wrong because her parents would beat her.

“If I did one little thing wrong, I was going to be beaten,” she said. “And not just beat, beat until I bled.

The malnourished siblings, who ranged from 29 to three, were locked in cages and chained to beds by parents Louise and David Turpin.

Some of the children were abused for decades. Jennifer was held captive for nearly 30 years.

‘MALNOURISHED AND VERY DIRTY’

When the Turpin children were rescued, cops found kids shackled to their beds in “dark and foul-smelling surrounds”.

A statement from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said: “Deputies located what they believed to be 12 children inside the house, but were shocked to discover that seven of them were actually adults.”

“The victims appeared to be malnourished and very dirty.”

Neighbors told local media they had no idea there were children in the house, while others said they only saw them at night.

‘I DON’T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE IF WE DIDN’T WATCH JUSTIN BIEBER’

The Turpin children’s only view of the outside world was the occasional film they watched in secret when their parents were out.

In 2015, Jordan found an old smartphone and discovered Justin Bieber’s music videos.

“I don’t know where we would be if we didn’t watch Justin Bieber,” she said.

“I started realizing that there is a different whole world out there… I wanted to experience that.”

After watching more videos, she began posting videos of herself singing on social media and got a response from one of her posts, asking why she was always inside and awake at night.

“I did tell him that I didn’t really go to school, and I wasn’t allowed to go in the backyard or front yard and that I’m always kept inside, and I told him how we eat and how we’re not allowed to get out of bed,” she said. 

LOUISE TURPIN ‘CHOKED’ JORDAN TURPIN AFTER DISCOVERING BIEBER VIDEOS

“He was like, ‘This isn’t right, you should call the cops’ … I was so happy to hear him say that because I was like, ‘I was right. I was right that this situation is bad,'” Jordan continued.

When Louise found out about the Bieber videos, she attacked Jordan and began choking her.

“I thought I was going to die that day,” she said.

“After that whole day happened, I kept having nightmares that… she was going to kill me.”

That’s when Jordan began planning her escape.

JENNIFER WAS FORCED TO CAGE YOUNGER SIBLINGS

When Jennifer was 18, her evil parents made 10 of the children move into a trailer in a remote part of their property, taking only their youngest two before driving away.

They brought limited groceries once a week, or sometimes every two weeks, leaving the children starving.

“I would try to stretch it out and make sure that we at least had stuff to eat each day of the week,” Jennifer said.

Jordan, who was just six, added: “There was a lot of starving. I would have to figure out how to eat. I would either eat ketchup or mustard or ice.”

WHEN WERE THE TURPINS SENTENCED?

In February 2019, David and Louise Turpin pleaded guilty to torture and years of abuse of their children.

They admitted to 14 counts that included cruelty toward all but their toddler daughter, and imprisoning the children in a house festering with filth and reeking of human waste.

The guilty pleas were important to spare the children from testifying, though they were allowed to speak at the sentencing if they choose, said Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin.

In April 2019 a judge sentenced the pair to 25 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 22 years.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TURPIN CHILDREN, PART TWO

The kids had to sleep during the day and were active for only a few hours at night.

The Turpins imprisoned the children in a house that appeared neatly kept outside, but was actually filled with filth and reeked of human waste inside.

Finally, cops discovered the kids in the dark and foul-smelling house about 70 miles east of Los Angeles on January 14, 2018.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TURPIN CHILDREN?

David and Louise Turpin made headlines back in 2018 after it was revealed they imprisoned and abused their children.

The kids had been chained to filthy beds and forced to live in squalor for years. They were fed only once a day, allowed to shower just once a year, and were deprived of toys and games.

Their parents starved them to the point that they stopped growing and the children suffered from muscle shrinkage.

The kids lived on bologna and peanut butter sandwiches while their parents ate take-out, according to .

HOW MUCH IN DONATIONS DID THE CHILDREN RECEIVE?

More than $500,000 in donations were raised by local groups for the care of the Turpin children, after they were removed from their abusive home.

The funds were gathered to help provide medical and dental care, educational assistance and other services for the abused siblings.

TODDLER NOT ABUSED

The Turpin parents abused all of their children except their toddler daughter, investigators concluded.

The toddler is their youngest child.

JENNIFER: WE LIVED ‘IN HOUSES PILED WITH TRASH’

As the years went on, her parents moved on from neglect to full-on abuse, and Jennifer Turpin said they were pulled from school and only taught to remember what grade they were supposed to be in, in case someone asked.

The years she did go to school, from first to third grade, Jennife said she wore the same clothes every day, and kids didn’t want to be near her.

“I probably smelled,” Jennifer said. “But I didn’t realize at the time I smelled, but that stench clings to you… because we would literally live in houses piled with trash.”

MOTHER LOUISE WAS PRONE TO MOOD SWINGS, SAYS JENNIFER

Police rushed to the Turpin family’s home on January 14, 2018, after receiving a 911 call from Jordan Turpin that they were held captive and some siblings were chained to their beds.

In the exclusive interview with Sawyer, Jennifer said she remembers her homelife changed when her parents moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and eventually the house became overrun with dirt, trash, and mold.

Her mother, Louise, became prone to mood swings and would continuously lash out at the children for something as small as asking a question.

“I never knew which side I was going to get of her,” she said.

“If I was going to ask her a question, [is] she going to call me stupid or something… and then yank me across the floor or [is] she going to be nice and answer my question.”

ABUSE JUSTIFIED BY BIBLE

After moving to a more isolated home in Rio Vista, Texas, when Jennifer was 11, the couple had more children and the neglect turned to physical abuse.

The evil couple would quote the Bible to justify the frequent beatings.

“They loved to point out things in Deuteronomy, saying that, ‘We have the right to do this to you.’ … that they had the right to even kill us if we didn’t listen,” she said.

Dad David Turpin used belts and sticks to whip the children. Jennifer recalled one moment when she said her father picked her up, feet off the floor, and slammed her into a wall.

“I knew he [was] saying that I was the devil,” she said. “I’m just looking at him like, ‘what did I do?’”

JORDAN DIDN'T KNOW HER ADDRESS WHEN SHE CALLED 911

Jordan Turpin spent her entire life in isolation, and therefore was unfamiliar with her home address, the month of the year, or what the word “medication” meant.

She did, however, understand to dial 911 for help, and took photos of the abuse to show responding officers as proof.