‘House of horrors’ Turpin children still ‘living in squalor’ four years on despite $600,000 donations
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mike Hestrin, Riverside County district attorney, said that they “have been victimised again by the system”, which is preventing them from accessing $600,000 in private donations, according to ABC News. Some of the children “felt betrayed” by local officials’ handling of their cases, said Melissa Donaldson, Riverside County’s director of victim services. Joshua Turpin, 29, said he couldn’t access funds to cover transportation needs and when he asked for help from the county’s deputy public guardian assigned to his case, “she would just tell me, ‘Just go Google it.’” “I called the public guardian’s office and she refused to let me request for a bike,” he said. After being rescued from “the house of horrors”, some of the younger siblings spent years in foster homes where they were allegedly subjected to child abuse.
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