Paperback: From New York Times bestselling true crime author John Glatt comes the devastating story of the Turpins: a seemingly normal family where thirteen siblings were held captive in their own home and lived to tell their story.
On 14 January 2018, a seventeen-year-old girl climbed out of the window of her Perris, California home and dialed 911 on a borrowed cell phone. Struggling to stay calm, she told the operator that she and her 12 siblings - ranging in age from 2 to 29 - were being abused by their parents. When the dispatcher asked for her address, the girl hesitated. “I’ve never been out,” she stammered. She was not even sure how to spell her own last name.
Louise and David Turpin presented themselves as loving, faithful parents. On social media, they shared snapshots of family outings and vacations, often with their children in matching outfits. But what police discovered when they entered the Turpin home would eclipse the most shocking child abuse cases in history.
For years, Louise and David had kept their children in increasing isolation, trapping them in a sinister world of torture, fear and near starvation. This is the definitive, devastating, and unforgettable account of the Turpins: a family whose dark secrets would shock and captivate the world.
The Family Next Door (2019) includes 8 pages of dramatic photos.
About the author: English-born John Glatt is the author of more than thirty books including The Lost Girls and My Sweet Angel, and has over thirty years of experience as an investigative journalist in England and America. He has appeared on television and radio programs all over the world, including Dateline NBC, Fox News, ABC’s 20/20, BBC World News, and A&E Biography.
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