Turpin siblings probe due in June

Law firm looking into accusation that officials neglected the children

An independent probe into allegations that Riverside County neglected 13 children found shackled and malnourished in a Perris home is tentatively set to be released in early to mid June, a county spokesperson said Friday.

Stephen Larson’s law firm is on track to wrap up its investigation by May 31, Brooke Federico said via text. The report was originally due by March 31, but delays in getting court-sealed records pushed it back to the end of May.

The county hired Larson, a retired judge, after an ABC News “20/20” report on the Turpins, who were discovered in 2018 chained to their beds and abused by their parents.

David and Louise Turpin pleaded guilty to 14 felony counts and are serving sentences of 25 years to life in state prison. After they were freed, the minor Turpin children were placed in foster care while the Public Guardian’s office looked after the adult siblings.

The ABC report raised questions about the children’s postcaptivity life. Two of the adult children said they struggled to find money for food, were forced to live in bad neighborhoods and were cast into society with few life skills or regard for their wellbeing, an assertion backed by District Attorney Mike Hestrin.

Despite an outpouring of com

munity support that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the children, Joshua Turpin said the Public Guardian denied his request for money to buy a bike. And three members of a Perris family have

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If they were throwing them, they'd break been accused of physically and psychologically abusing nine foster children, including five who evidence suggests are members of the Turpin family.

In a March update to the Board of Supervisors, a lawyer with Larson’s firm said investigators had reviewed more than 2,600 documents and interviewed more than 85 people, including two Turpin siblings.