After being severely abused by their own parents, David and Louise Turpin, for years, some of the couple's children had a furry friend to help them testify in court.
"I'm sorry for everything I've done to hurt my children. I love my children so much. ... I only want the best for them," a tearful Louise Turpin said as she and her husband David learned their fate.
The couple pleaded guilty in February to abuse so severe it stunted their children’s growth, led to muscle wasting and left two girls unable to bear children.
David and Louise Turpin's children, ranging in age from 2 to 29, were malnourished and appeared much younger than they actually were when police arrived last year to find some shackled to beds.
