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== Escape and rescue ==

== Escape and rescue ==

By 2018, the Turpin children had been planning to escape their parents for more than two years. On January 14, 2018, two of the girls left the house through a window. The younger girl (age 13) became frightened and turned back, but Jordan, then 17, got some distance away and called [[9-1-1]] on a deactivated cell phone she had brought with her.{{cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Emily |date=January 18, 2018 |title=Horrific new details emerge in case of 13 captive siblings |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/13-captive-siblings-forced-shower-year-strangled-subject/story?id=52431816 |access-date=January 19, 2018 |website=[[ABC News]]}}{{cite news |title=Turpin case: Shackled California siblings ‘victims of torture’ |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42709489 |access-date=January 19, 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=January 16, 2018}} In the 9-1-1 call, she told the dispatcher that she and her siblings were being abused by their parents and that the smell in the house was so bad sometimes she could barely breathe. She also stated that two of her sisters and one of her brothers were currently chained to their beds.{{cite web |title=”The only word I know to call it is hell”: Turpin sisters share the details of California family’s house of horror |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/20/the-only-word-i-know-to-call-it-is-hell-turpin-sisters-share-the-details-of-california-familys-house-of-horror/ |website=The Mercury News |date=November 20, 2021}} When the first police officer arrived, Jordan showed him photos of conditions inside the house.

By 2018, the Turpin children had been planning to escape their parents for more than two years. On January 14, 2018, two of the girls left the house through a window. The younger girl (age 13) became frightened and turned back, but Jordan, then 17, got some distance away and called on a deactivated cell phone she had brought with her{{cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Emily |date=January 18, 2018 |title=Horrific new details emerge in case of 13 captive siblings |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/13-captive-siblings-forced-shower-year-strangled-subject/story?id=52431816 |access-date=January 19, 2018 |website=[[ABC News]]}}{{cite news |title=Turpin case: Shackled California siblings ‘victims of torture’ |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42709489 |access-date=January 19, 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=January 16, 2018}} she told the dispatcher that she and her siblings were being abused by their parents and that the smell in the house was so bad sometimes she could barely breathe. She also stated that two of her sisters and one of her brothers were currently chained to their beds.{{cite web |title=”The only word I know to call it is hell”: Turpin sisters share the details of California family’s house of horror |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/20/the-only-word-i-know-to-call-it-is-hell-turpin-sisters-share-the-details-of-california-familys-house-of-horror/ |website=The Mercury News |date=November 20, 2021}} When the first police officer arrived, Jordan showed him photos of conditions inside the house.

Deputies of the [[Riverside County Sheriff’s Department]] raided the house, stating they were there for a “[[welfare check]]”.{{cite web |last1=Elassar |first1=Alaa |title=”The only word I know to call it is hell”: Turpin sisters share the details of their family’s house of horror |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/20/us/turpin-sisters-interview-abc-diane-sawyer/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=November 20, 2021}} Louise and David answered the door. The sheriff’s department said that Louise was “perplexed as to why we were at that residence.”{{cite news |last1=Pamer |first1=Melissa |last2=Friel |first2=Courtney |title=Louise Turpin Was ‘Perplexed’ When Deputies Arrived at Perris Home Where Malnourished Children Were Shackled: Sheriff’s Capt. |url=http://ktla.com/2018/01/16/louise-turpin-was-perplexed-when-deputies-arrived-at-perris-home-where-malnourished-children-were-shackled-sheriffs-capt/ |access-date=January 18, 2018 |publisher=[[KTLA]] |date=January 16, 2018}} Inside, they encountered the stench of human excrement, decaying garbage, dead pets, and moldy food, with every surface covered in trash. Later, they found the other 12 children; one had been shackled to a bed for weeks and it appeared that two others had been shackled until just before officers arrived.{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Madison |last2=Hamasaki |first2=Sonya |last3=Becker |first3=Stephanie |last4=Simon |first4=Darran |title=Found shackled and emaciated, children of torture suspects are freed |url=http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/us/california-turpin-13-siblings-held-captive/index.html |access-date=January 18, 2018 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 18, 2018}} Children were found with bruises on their arms, appearing…