Two of the Turpin siblings claimed in a recent lawsuit against various agencies that they were removed from their horrifically abusive biological parents' home only to be placed in the care of another abusive family.
“With respect to the Turpin siblings, we conclude there were many times over the last four years that they received the care they needed from the County,” concluded a more than 600-page report from Larson LLP. “This was not always the case, however, and all too often the social services system failed them.”
In the episode "Monster," a girl leads authorities to the home where she and her siblings had been tortured by her parents - a case eerily reminiscent of how David and Louise Turpin subjected their 13 children to horrific abuse.
Hillary Potashner, a partner at the firm Larson LLP, said the independent inquiry into the care and services the Turpin children received has hit a series of legal and administrative obstacles.
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.
