Doing yard work at 11 00 at night. From their earlier years in texas that mothers own sister speaking out tonight. Dont bring friends to my house, dont talk to friends. If you do, youre kicked out. Multiple trips to las vegas, renewing their vows three separate times. And the most important question, how are the children tonight. You will hear from their doctors at the hospital. Can they hope to live a normal life afterwards . And lessons from new yorks wolfpack, held captive in a twobedroom apartment you can relate to parts of their story in a way that nobody else can. How did they escape into the sunlight . And can these children hope to do the same . Im elizabeth vargas. Im david muir, and this is 20 20. Heres matt gutman who has been following the story since it broke. Reporter perris, california, a sleepy little town of 68,000 souls nestled in Riverside County, about halfway between l. A. And san diego. How are you feeling . Feeling good. Ready to do this . Reporter its biggest claim to fame is the sky Diving Center at the city airport thats become a mecca for sky divers across the country. Most of the time we go to perris for skydiving stories. Its world famous. Reporter but this week, perris hit the National News for a much different reason. What some are calling a house of horrors discovered in a california suburb. Reporter it all started on sunday in muir wood road in this neighborhood of tidy stuy stucc houses and manicured lawns. Here at this unassuming four bedroom home, just before 6 00 in the morning, Police Say Two siblings slip out of a window. One gets scared and bolts back inside. But the other child, a 17yearold girl, makes her way down the sidewalk away from the house and then pulls out a deactivated cell phone and dials 911. And she explained that her and her siblings were being held against their will. And some of them were chained. Also showed some photos that led the deputies to believe that the information she was providing was accurate. Reporter deputies swarm the neighborhood and the house, and behind that neat exterior, they find an interior world that they describe as surreal and sadistic. Deputies, when they arrived inside the house, they noticed that the children were malnourished, it was very dirty and the conditions were horrific. Inside a family home in southern california. Tortured by their own parents. Reporter as the news breaks, reports of what those walls hid shocked the country. Photos from the family Facebook Page show the 13 siblings who were alleged to be living in dungeonlike conditions, living in squalor. My jaw dropped farther to the floor. Thirteen children. Held captive. Its just unbelievable. Reporter their parents, who were arrested at the scene, were alleged to have even shackled their own children to furniture. These defendants eventually began using chains and padlocks to chain up the victims to their beds. The defendants were able to get two of the victims unchained before the Police Actually entered. Reporter the children range in age from two to 29. Seven of them are actually adults, but look much younger because of severe malnourishment. To give you an example, one of the children at age 12 is the weight of an average 7yearold. The 29yearold female victim weighs 82 pounds. Youve got parents that are torturing their children causing them pain causing them suffering over a prolonged period of time through malnourishment, through physical abuse, through psychological abuse. Its horrific. Reporter these are the accused parents. 56yearold david turpin and his wife, 49yearold Louise Turpin. We would ask the court to waive reading. Reporter in court yesterday the turpins pleaded not guilty to a combined 75 counts including charges of torture, child abuse, neglect and false imprisonment. The couple is being held on 12 million bail each. Mr. Turpin, ive discussed with you that you have a right to a speedy preliminary hearing. Reporter for authorities, the biggest mystery, how the turpins got away with the alleged abuse for so many years, hiding in plain sight, taking their kids on what seemed all american vacations. I cant explain why these parents did these horrible things. Reporter the story of the turpin family begins far from the desert and palm trees of south california, 2,300 miles away to be exact, in the green hills of West Virginia. Here in the heart of appalachia sits the small town of princeton, population 6,400. Were pretty much a rural mountain area. Coal and of course, you know, railroads. Reporter Louise Turpin, born louise robinette, grew up in this modest princeton house, the daughter of an official at the county courthouse. We had a pretty normal life inside the home that i lived in. Reporter her younger sister elizabeth says that louise was a strongminded, willful kid. It was her way or no way. And if she had to sneak around to do it, she would do it. Reporter the younger sister says she and others in the family were sexually abused. She wonders whether the impact on the family might have been a contributing factor. There was sexual abuse by a family member, a close family member, and not our parents. We were not allowed to talk about it. And im not making excuses for my sister, but i think that that may have been an underlining issue. Reporter meanwhile, six miles away on the outskirts of town, david turpin grew up in this red brick house. David went to school at princeton senior high school, shown here in the yearbook. Hes sporting the same bowl cut haircut he has today. Among his activities listed, the bible, science and chess clubs. He was quiet, nerdy. He was a good student. He tended to dress well. David wasnt known to go out and party with the other kids or anything like that. Described as something of a home body. Reporter david and louises families attended the same West Virginia church. Ive known david all my life. My parents and his parents were pretty close. We all attended Princeton Church of god for years and years and years. Reporter the family friendship between david and louise turns to love. They start dating when hes 22years old and shes just 15. But in the first sign that there might be something off about this couple, just a year into their romance, they decide to run away from their families to fort worth, texas. It took the police three days to find her. And she was only 16. He was almost 23. My mom wanted to press charges, and my dad had mixed emotions about it. Because we were taught that you dont have sex outside of marriage. Reporter so with louise just 16 years old, the two lovebirds tie the knot in 1985. They had a small church wedding. Only close family members came. But louise and david were really happy. And i remember them just saying they just wanted to get on with their life. Reporter and just a year later they did just that, leaving West Virginia in their tracks for good and moving back to fort worth. She told me one time that she didnt want to keep up with the family because of her past. It reminded her of it. And she just wanted to leave it all behind and start over. Reporter coming up, what alarming signs did neighbors say they witnessed inside the turpins texas home . We were getting concerned at that point that somethings going on over there, somethings not right. Reporter next, allegations about the daily routine behind doors. They were chained. They were treated like a dog. I was literally sick throwing up in my stomach. Hispering with te capital one venture card, youll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. Not just airline purchases. 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We had a tape player we used to play with, and she left a message on it. And i kept that recording. She was telling me how much she loved me and missed me, before she left. Because she knew she was going a long ways. Reporter why texas . It seems david has a job there, and elizabeth says they kept up with occasional visits back to West Virginia and things seemed okay. They acted the same around me. David was good to me. She was good to me. Reporter its here in texas where the turpins begin having children, and slowly elizabeth says visits back home stop, and contact becomes more sporadic. They started having more kids. They became more and more distant and then it got to where by the time they had the fourth one they quit coming in. Reporter it was during one of those last visits, elizabeth says, that she asked her sister a question. How about i stay with you for the summer instead of mommy or daddy . Reporter elizabeth moves in with louise, david, and their four Young Children in this house in fort worth, texas. Soon after, she says, she starts noticing things are a bit off. I remember they were really strict on the oldest daughter. She was bound to her room a lot. They would let her come down and eat meals. She would have to get permission to sit down. She was in the early maybe kindergarten, first grade. And she knew that she had to look her mom in the eye, and there had to be a smile between them. And shed tell her, go ahead. And then she would eat, and it was just that same routine. Every day. Reporter elizabeth remembers more than just strict rules. She says the kids were kept in their rooms for long stretches of time. Her contact with her nieces and nephews was limited. It was almost like she didnt want me talkin to the kids, and they werent allowed to talk to me without permission. Reporter although she feels uneasy about the situation, she also feels unable to speak up. Maybe i shouldnt question her parenting. I mean, what have i got to offer . Im 19, 20 years old. I wasnt comfortable with her like i used to be. Reporter another startling discovery . She says she finds her sister and brotherinlaw drifting away from their strict pentecostal upbringing. They didnt want to bring their kids up in church. They dont trust church people. I do know that she started getting into checking out other religions. They read up on, like, witch doctors and stuff like that. I remember her looking into mormonism, catholics, and mennonites. Reporter elizabeth says the turpins adopted a type of hybrid religion one she thinks sparks those strict house rules rules that also apply to elizabeth. I was told i couldnt make phone calls. I wasnt allowed to have anybody over. I wasnt allowed to tell anybody where i lived. Reporter elizabeth says shes allowed to leave the house only for her job in town. She says this is all dictated by one person her sister. But she has also begun to notice a strange dynamic between the couple. Louise made all the decisions and he just sat back and watched. It was weird. She always seemed to be in control, but there was always looks between them and he was always sitting back watching. Reporter but she says when it came to her, david wasnt just a passive observer. As time progressed, he got weird. Very flirty right in front of louise, so it really made me uncomfortable. He would talk about my shape and different things. It was supposed to all be laughs, but it didnt make me feel comfortable. Reporter elizabeth claims it eventually gets much creepier. I hated takin a shower there. Id get in the shower and id lock the door. And louise would unlock it with a coat hanger. And they would both come in there and they wouldnt leave until i got outta the shower. They made me get out of the shower in front of them. I was naked. But he never touched me. I wanna get that on the record. David never touched me. Reporter elizabeth says it becomes too much for her, and by the end of that summer, shes out of the house, and for the most part, out of the turpins lives. But one thing i wanna make very clear, ive never seen them abuse them in any way sexually, physically. Reporter louise and david continue having many, many more children and at some point they choose to homeschool them. No one really had a lot of contact with the family or the children. Reporter and despite david having a good job at defense contractor, lockheed martin, the familys finances are in the red. The turpins abandon fort worth, leaving behind a squalid scene, as captured in photos by the new homeowner who was so disgusted by what he saw, he kept the photos for nearly 20 years. Deplorable conditions. Filth. Scratches on the backs of doors and walls that the new owners assume were made by animals. The turpins move into this house, set on a sprawling 36 acres in the rural texas town of rio vista. Its a town of only a couple of hundred people. Its actually even hard to find on the map. Everyone pretty much knows each other. Reporter neighbors recall sporadic sightings and strange behavior. We were getting concerned. Something going on over there, you know. Somethings not right. Reporter in an interview with the daily mail, shellys daughter ashley recounts her interactions with the reclusive family. It was just normal kid stuff at first. I remember going over one day and knocking on the door, and their mom answered the door and she told me i couldnt play with the kids anymore. Anytime i would go over there after that i would knock and knock and no one would answer, id knock and knock and knock and nobody would answer but i could see the baby was in the playpen in the window. She would be there all day, all night unsupervised. Reporter ashley recounts that the family kept a double wide trailer on the property. One day they moved in that double wide trailer back there, and further back there, and it was like you never saw them again. As i got older the more i realized there are a whole lotta kids over there that are growing up or have grown up. What are they doing . Reporter by 2010 the familys finances forced them out of their home. They grew and grew and one day they were gone. They just vanished. They moved and thats the last that anyone here in texas heard about this family. Reporter the turpins seemingly disappeared overnight but left plenty of clues about the time they spent in that rio vista property. We did go up there after they were gone because we were curious. There were bunch bek beds in onm and i think there were six of them stacked all in a row. Then in another room they had all these desks all lined up like a school room. There was religious material that was a little off the wall. Prepare for the armageddon. The house was a mess. The trailer was located right over here. Reporter Billy Baldwin bought the turpins house in a for clo foreclosure and finds that same mess. And also some bizarre photographs. Polaroid pictures and theres two single beds and on the end of that one bed rail theres a rope hanging off of it but we didnt have no idea of what was going on in there. I really feel bad that Something Like that was happening. Reporter coming up, all american vacations mask hidden lies. Mom and dad got a new car. With the extra third row of seats. They think its theirs. Look at them, they have no idea its not theirs. Its mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. The new lexus rx 350l with three rows for seven passengers. Are you excited about your baby sister coming . Experience space for the unexpected with the rx l, part of the rx family. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. whispering dad trust me, we are going viral. Ing to work . kids laughing whispering mom lets send in max. kids max max now this, is internet gold going viral . 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Reporter once here, the family lives in two different middle class homes in the Los Angeles Area with the kind of attractive well maintained exteriors that wouldnt raise suspicions. And for years, there were none. They did leave the house at times. Its not that they never left the house. Reporter and some of the places they traveled to were where any normal family would go. She was obsessed with disneyland her whole marriage theyve had season passes and go regularly. They were obsessed with disney and mickey mouse. Reporter another spot the family enjoyed, las vegas. They were especially found of one place kind of hidden off the famous strip, a small spot called the elvis chapel. One for the money, two for the show here, its always blue suede shoes. Kent ripley plays the king. And the justice of the peace too. It is my honor to announce to the world that the two of you are still married, husband and wife. David, its time to kiss your beautiful wife. Reporter obviously feeling very love me tender. Oh my darling, he loves you reporter david and louise came here three times to renew their vows. Twice they brought all their kids along. I remembered them of course immediately. The kids remembered me. I would say it was a loving family. Reporter according to ripley, there was nothing obvious that would make the turpins appear any different from all the others who come here to share a beautiful moment of family togetherness. David and louise. It was a fun wedding because i got to see smiles on the kids faces. Reporter like here. The smallest boy acts as the ring bearer. Louise danced with her daughters to suspicous minds. Because i love you too much baby david and the boys took a turn to a little less conversation. Yeah a little less conversation, a little more action at the end, the big finale had everybody up on stage. Viva las vegas reporter it was Viva Las Vegas all right. But back in california, david registered with the state as the Sand Castle Day School so the kids could be home schooled. And whatever was going on in the family stayed in the family. It turns out one of the oldest victims actually attended some outside classes. Did you ever see the kids outside . Not outside. Reporter the neighbor who works the graveyard shift says he did see something odd at night. Id come home anywhere from 12 30 to 3 00 in the morning and the kids were marching in those two rooms. Thats when i would see them. How long would they march back and forth in single file . Hours. Reporter clifford says he figured the adults were doing some kind of therapy. She explained that she escaped out of a window. Reporter so he was as shocked as everyone else, and for the first time investigators got some idea of what appears to have been happening. This morning the riverside District Attorneys Office filed criminal charges against david and Louise Turpin. When you first heard about the case, could you wrap your head around how monstrous it was . No. Because all i heard was there were some kids being held captive in a house. Reporter he tells us hes only begun to learn the scope of the investigation. Were at the beginning, not the end. What were the conditions they encountered in that house . Deplorable. Absolutely deplorable. It smelled. It was filthy. Its clear that some of the victims when theyre chained are not being taken to the bathroom to relieve themselves. They were fed obviously but they werent fed enough. I think many of them were very hungry. Reporter in a blur of cruelty, he a littlleges the pa would leave things like pies on the counter that the kids could see and smell but were forbidden to touch and eat. Perhaps more disturbing, there were perhaps two happy and healthy maltese dogs in the home who, its alleged, were better feld th fed than the children. What did they do all day . I dont know. Were they allowed cell phones . No. Television . No. Books . I dont know. Were they allowed to have toys . The information i have is they were not allowed to play with toys. There were many toys in the garage that are still in the boxes. Still in the original wrapping . Still in the original wrapping. Its alleged it was all to maintain control over the children. They would sleep all day when the rest of the world is up. Then they would get up and do whatever activities they were going to do throughout the night. We met a neighbor who said he would see the kids being marched in circles for hours from midnight to 3 00 a. M. Is that something youre aware of . No. Thats new to me. Were unwrapping this case. Were looking into this case. Were at the beginning. Well get to the bottom of all of it. Reporter part of that will come from interviewing the kids. Part of it will come from reading the hundreds of journals he says the children were allowed to keep. Its so strange, these parents took away basically every single human freedom from these children but allowed them to express themselves in these journals. Yes. What do you think thats about . It looks like punishment thats gone way out of whack. Reporter for example, he believes the children were allowed one shower a year, and if they washed their hands above the wrist, they were punished for supposedly playing in the water. And put in chains. The punishments included frequent beatings and even strangulation. We are not robots. This is difficult for everyone who sees these images and hears these stories, but ultimately our job is to go into court and seek justice and we are going to do that. Is there so much depravity, so much cruelty here that its sort of this Bottomless Pit that it will take you a long time just to get to the bottom of it . It sure feels like that. It feels from our perspective that we are looking into a pit and we dont know where the bottom is. 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For less joint pain and clearer skin, ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. Announcer 20 20 continues. Here again, elizabeth vargas. Reporter another time, another place, another captive. Cleveland ohio, may 6, 2013. Help me, im amanda berry. Ive been kidnapped and been missing for 10 years. Im here. Im free now. Reporter kidnapped at age 16, amanda berry escapes almost a decade later, rescuing herself and three others from their captor. You never know until youre in the situation what youre gonna do, how youre gonna react. Reporter she seized the moment and kicked out the door to escape. Similar to the allegations against the turpin family, shed been chained up, deprived of food but given a journal by her captor. We dont yet know what the turpin children wrote in theirs, but amanda berry wrote hopeful entries to her mother in secret code detailing the sexual abuse inflicted on her by ariel castro. I felt like, you know, one day shes gonna read this or maybe authorities will get to read it and hell be punished for what he did. Reporter in new york citys lower east side, suzanne and her seven children suffered in captivity for more than 14 years. What was your reaction when you first heard about this story with the turpin family in california . I was like oh, no, i just felt, not another one. Really. Reporter unlike the reports on the turpins, these brothers were not shackled or severely starved. They were trapped in their own home. Six brothers and one sister, their father oscar had the only key to the front door. This was always locked . Always. Reporter his father blocked the door with a tall ladder to keep intruders out and his wife and children in. And when you lift the ladder, it would make a loud like so he would know if anyone was attempting to go out. Reporter the documentary the wolfpack and our 20 20 special detailed the strange world in which they lived. These home videos showed the father leading the children in bizarre rituals. At night, the boys slept with suzanne piled on top of each other on mattresses. During the day, releasing their pentup energy, dancing, bouncing. Their entire childhood home schooled by their mother. For the six boys, recess was roller skating indoors, back and forth in that tiny hallway. He basically didnt want anyone to know we were here. Reporter one of the brothers says the restrictions were the most extreme for their mother. She had the worst of it from all of us. She had more rules than we did. Every night when i would go to sleep, fear was the last thing that i was feeling and dealt with. As soon as i would waken in the morning, fear was the first thing that was greeting me. Reporter suzanne says when she looks at the photos of the turpin children out in public, she recognizes the expressions on their faces. What i see is a lot of little zombies here. What do you mean by that . Theres no spark of life in their eyes. Did your kids ever look like that . Yes, they did. Reporter you can see that in these photos of the rare outings oscar allowed. Like the turpins, they were pale as ghosts and dressed all alike. And for them, never allowed to cut their hair. Oscar, your exhusband, would dictate what everybody wore. Yes. He was that kind of control extends to everything. Yes. And if they wanted to wear something different, that just was not allowed. Reporter year in, year out as the boys became young men, the claustrophobia built. Oscar even sealed off the windows of the apartment with bla blankets. We couldnt even get sunlight. I started getting like, all right, enough is enough. Reporter finally at age 15, mikunda was the First Brother to break free. The moment i opened the door, my heart pounded so hard. Reporter outside without his father for the first time in his life. What do i do . Im out in the open. Its all out there. Theres no going back now. Reporter he is much like the 17yearold who police say escaped the turpin family home and called 911. Its been ages. Nice to see you. Hows it goes. Reporter with so many apparent parallels with the turpin family, we wanted to know what the wolfpack brothers had to say today. Its brought back a lot of memories. The very first time you went outside, what did that feel like to you . I just remember it feeling surreal. It was new. It was strange too p because it also felt liberating. The first thing after you break free is how are you going to adjust. Thats huge, isnt it . Yeah its the biggest first step. What was the hardest part . Feeling like an outsider, like a fish out of water. I mean, all the things we sort of take for granted like catching a bus, how to work an atm, how to pay for groceries, you knew none of that. Other people just feel so alien and you like feel very alien. How long did it take you before you didnt feel like an alien in your own world . I mean in reality were still adjusting. Reporter if anyone wonders why a child wouldnt reach out for help in public places, they have their own story. One time when our father took us out, there was a policeman who noticed something odd about him. He talked to him for a little bit and then he pulled us aside and talked to us privately. And what did he ask you . He asked if he if there if there had been any like physical abuse in our family you know we simply said no. Why did you lie. You are conditioned to feel small and powerless and its hard to overcome that. Reporter while a childhood spent in captivity will always be a part of them, they say they focus on the future, enjoying working, traveling and living on their own terms. What would you say to the turpin children . You can relate to parts of their story in a way that nobody else can. Something that we thought for a long time was that we were the only family like us, and so one thing i would say is that youre not alone. I would say dont be afraid to connect, to reach to people. How do you learn how to do that . Theres no manual. You just have to go with your gut and you have to take a deep breath and try. Take a deep breath. Pick up on as much as you can. You eventually will find yourselves, not just your place in the world but you will find who you are. Reporter when we return could this happen on the street where you live . Red flags and warning signs. Stay with us. Each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps. Thats the height of mount everest. Because each day she chooses to take the stairs. At work, at home. Even on the escalator. That can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it with dr. Scholls orthotics. Clinically proven to relieve and prevent foot, knee or lower back pain, by reducing the shock and stress that travel up her body with every step she takes. So keep on climbing, sarah. Youre killing it. Dr. Scholls. Born to move. I get how light bladder leaks can impact life. So does poise®. 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Ive been crying all these days. I havent been able to sleep. Everyone is completely heartbroken, sad, that its so close to home. It can happen in a beautiful neighborhood like this. None of us knew anything. Only people we ever saw were the parents and the baby. Those children were starving right next to us. Reporter in the case of the an ngula brothers, suzanne said it would have helped her children if someone had paid attention. Do you wish one of your neighbors had shocked on the door or gone down the stairs to the Security Officer and said, you know, i dont know, theres something a little funny going on at that apartment on the 16th floor . If someone has a sense that theres something a little off they cannot just go once and see whats happening. They have to do that repeatedly again and again and again. And if theyre still unsuccessful then they go to other authorities. Reporter in fact, the angulos and turpin kids have Something Else in common. They were all home schooled. How many times did somebody from the state or board of education come and check on your home schooling to see that you were in fact home schooling and that these kids werent being abused . There was one time when someone from the board of education came. So one time, that year . One time in all the 18 years that i home schooled. One time in 18 years . Yes. Reporter the angulo children were learning. The Riverside CountyDistrict Attorney mike hestrin says that does not seem to be the case for the turpin children. These kids were supposed to be being home schooled, but as far as we can tell, they didnt have much education. Their reading and writing abilities are very rudimentary. Reporter there are those who believe that in some cases, the decision to home school isnt about education at all but something much darker. Rebecca was home schooled beginning at age seven. They have specific ways that they talk about school to their children. They call school buses prison buses and call schools institutions. Theyll say its an institution like a prison. They say that were much happier being home schooled and that we have much more freedom. Reporter but rebecca says that freedom for some children comes at a price. Having your children at home can become overwhelming. Because of that, home School Families end up putting a huge amount of emphasis on obedience. Reporter Rachel Coleman is an advocate for responsible home schooling. She says for the estimated 2 million Children Home schooled in the u. S. , it can be as good or as bad as the parents who use it. In the hands of well meaning parents, it can be a wonderful thing with innovative childcentered educational programs, but in the hands of parents that arent well meaning and the parents of parents who are neglectful, things can get bad. Reporter but rebecca says that freedom, for some children, comes at a price. 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The world has people that are going to be generous and going to be kind and i think one of the hardest things for them to really do in the end will be to trust people. Reporter and outside the house that witnessed such cruelty, messages of love and faith. I have two little boys and i kind of told them a little of what happened. I asked if they would give their big teddy bear to the kids. And they were willing to give it up . Absolutely. Reporter tonight, the elder turpin childreeiving roundtheclock care by doctors and nurses and something prosecutors say theyve missed their whole lives, tenderness. Reporter surveying that pile of donations, they say theyre on a mission of redemption. I cant wait for these children to come back and sometimes invite me for their graduation. When were done with this, it will come to an end. They will hopefully go on in life and theyll have great lives. It would be nice to see that. A developments. 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