Outside the Turpin’s home sit four vehicles, including a mini-van. So it’s unclear as to why the children were chained up having evidently been allowed a certain amount of freedom.
Although they were of an age where they could have left the care of their parents, the seven adults remained. But, now they are free after being discovered in a “foul-smelling room” by the cops in the family’s four-bedroom house in a well-to-do neighborhood.
A neighbor who knew of the property was surprised that so many people could live inside. “Absolutely not. I would say a normal family, if they had six children, it could be adequate but 13? No. Absolutely not,” he told the Daily Mail when asked if a family of 15 could comfortably live inside.
As the story develops, no doubt more details will come to light. In the meantime, we are glad that the children have been rescued and the parents reprimanded.
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