According to the New York Post reported on the 15th, a woman named Jordan Turpin in California called the police after escaping from the home of her parents, who was called "home of terror". In this home, she and 12 siblings were imprisoned by their parents and subjected to unimaginable abuse.
Jordan Teping Image Source: ABC
Jordan jumped out of the window at the age of 17 and escaped home, deciding to try to save her siblings, who were also abused by their parents, David Turpin and Louise Teping. The escape was one of Jordan's few opportunities to get out of the house.
Jordan, 21, said in an interview with ABC, "I was actually walking on the road, but I didn't even know there were sidewalks. You should be on the sidewalk, but I've never been there. ”
Jordan's parents Source: Reuters
Jordan said her "whole body" was shaking when she called the life-changing police call. On the phone, she said, "I just ran away from home, I live in a family of 15, can you hear me?" My parents were abusing their children. The police dispatcher responded, "How did they abuse you?" "They beat us and threw us aside — they liked to throw us to the other side of the room." They pulled our hair, they ripped off our hair. I have two—my two little sisters are now tethered. ”
Jordan said he and 12 siblings were imprisoned and abused by their parents Image source: US media
Another dispatcher took the phone and asked where Jordan was, and identifying the address was an unusually difficult problem for the teenage girl who rarely left her home. She said, "Well, you've got to give me a minute. This will take a while. I've never been out. I don't go out a lot, so I don't know anything about the street or anything else. ”
Police tracked her location via GPS, and she spoke to the dispatcher for nearly 22 minutes. Within two hours, her parents were handcuffed.
Jordan spoke to his sister on television, and the sisters spoke about years of abuse by their parents, including suffocations, beatings and months of tying them to their beds. Children are also deprived of food, hygiene, education and health care.
Jordan and Jennifer made victim impact statements at their parents' sentencing trial hearing in 2019, during which the children proved their poor living conditions. In April 2019, the parents were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after they admitted years of abusing and imprisoning 13 children at home. (Editor: HHJ)