Missing mom found slain, dismembered, and cooked – her ex-husband is the lead suspect
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“It is presumed that she was cooked.”
Child Abuse
January 22, 2018
House of Horrors aunt says David Turpin drove wife cross-country to have sex with a man she met online
Louise Turpin, the California mother accused of abusing her 13 children and keeping them imprisoned in deplorable conditions, had her husband drive her to Alabama so she could have sex with a man she met online, according to her sister. Teresa Robinette made the explosive claims during an appearance on Megyn Kelly Today. Robinette said that …
Child Abuse
January 21, 2018
More victims in the House of Horrors? Police may send cadaver dogs to search Turpin home, where 13 children were held captive for years
Investigators are considering sending cadaver dogs into the home of David and Louise Turpin, where their 13 malnourished and abused children were rescued earlier this month. The dogs could help detect whether there are other children who did not survive the house’s horrific conditions, Crime Watch Daily reports. The news site also reports that police …
Family Crime
January 21, 2018
URGENT: Police seek help in locating missing 10-month-old boy with ‘serious medical needs’ who vanished after child protective custody order
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 10-month-old boy who went missing in Anoka County, Minnesota, shortly after a judge ordered that he be transferred to the custody of child welfare services. The Star Tribune reports that Ja-Kari Brown’s biological parents Sharona Nena Jefferson and James Lavell Brown were ordered to surrender the baby …
Family Crime
January 20, 2018
‘This is depraved conduct’: An overview of the ‘house of horror’ case so far
Countless articles have been written about what has been described as a “house of horrors” in which a California couple allegedly abused and tortured 13 children ranging in age from 2 to 29. As CrimeOnline previously reported, David and Louise Turpin were arrested earlier this month after their 17-year-old daughter escaped the home where her …
Child Abuse
January 20, 2018
‘Dad’ caught on camera tossing baby in dumpster because he thought she was ‘incurable,’ elderly stranger saves her life [VIDEO]
The elderly good samaritan was seen on video holding the abandoned newborn
Child Abuse
January 17, 2018
Transient parents of missing infant twins refuse to speak to police or provide photos; family found living in filthy, drug-filled car with knives and a machete: Police
Police are asking for the public’s help in the search for missing toddler twins — whose parents are in custody and refusing to cooperate with investigators. CBS News reports that police had been searching for Aaron Weddles, Princess Canez-Walker, and the couple’s five children since January 4, when the family was reported missing and likely to …
Family Crime
January 17, 2018
House of Horrors: New interviews reveal how 13 malnourished siblings were forbidden to have friends over, watch TV, or contact extended family
By AMY TAXIN and AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — Thirteen malnourished siblings allegedly kept captive in filthy conditions by their parents in a Southern California home lived a strict existence with no social lives and no contact with extended family, two of their aunts said Wednesday. “They weren’t allowed to watch TV. …
Family Crime
January 16, 2018
Victoria Martens murder: Google refuses to release records that might have evidence in rape, killing, dismemberment of 10-year-old girl
Overworked prosecutors in New Mexico are reportedly battling with Google to get electronic records from email accounts belonging to the three suspects in the Victoria Martens murder case — including Victoria’s own mother, Michelle Martens. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 10-year-old Victoria was allegedly raped by Fabian Gonzalez and Jessica Kelley in August 2016 while her …
Family Crime
January 16, 2018
Mom of malnourished children was ‘perplexed’ by police visit
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — The mother of 13 malnourished children and young adults who were held in filthy conditions, some chained to furniture, was “perplexed” when deputies arrived at the family’s Southern California home, a sheriff’s official said Tuesday. The deputies had been summoned by a 17-year-old daughter who jumped out …
Family Crime
January 16, 2018
A week after teen sister killed in wrong-way crash, older sister found murdered in Marshall’s parking lot – and murder suspect is on the run
Tragedy has struck a California family twice as two young sisters were killed just week apart — one in a tragic accident, and the other in a cold-blooded murder. The Sacramento Bee reports that 21-year-old Karen Garcia’s body was found on Sunday in her car parked outside a Marshall’s in Woodland. Karen had been missing …
Family Crime
January 15, 2018
Man writes suicide note, shoots teen girl to death before turning gun on self: Police
Police in Pennsylvania are investigating after a 16-year-old girl and her uncle were found dead Friday night in an apparent murder-suicide. According to the Pocono Record, family members fled the Tobyhanna home to a neighbor’s to call 911. At the time, police responded to a report of a female being shot with the suspect still in …
