Nine million dollar bail each for alleged torture and child endangerment for California couple

(Riverside County Sheriff's Department)

"Sheriffs in Perris, California are investigating a disturbing case where two people stand accused of shackling their children to their beds."

"57-year-old David Allen Turpin and 49-year-old Louise Anna Turpin were arrested after one of their children called the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and alerted authorities of the situation"

http://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/parents-arrested-after-police-find-13-people-including-children-shackled-with-chains

"Authorities launched an investigation into alleged torture and child endangerment after multiple children were discovered bound, shackled and malnourished inside a Perris, California, home."

"Authorities said David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were being held on $9 million bail each on Monday after 12 people were allegedly found to be held captive inside their home."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amp/police-launch-torture-investigation-after-13-found-captive-california-home-n837871


Public records show the couple own the nondescript tract house. Its address is also listed in a state Department of Education directory as the location of the Sandcastle Day School, a private K-12 campus that opened in 2011. Turpin is listed as the principal.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-perris-children-shackled-20180115-story,amp.html

A Facebook page for a "David-Louise Turpin" shows photos of the couple that match the pair seen in the booking photos. Images posted to the account in 2016 show the couple at what looks like a wedding ceremony, accompanied by 13 apparent children.

The 10 female children are dressed identically in pink plaid dresses, white tights and white Mary Janes, with one of the girls holds a baby. Three male children wear suits and magenta ties.

The girls all have long brown hair, and the boys have bowl haircuts, like the father.

The Turpins were booked on nine felony counts each of torture and 10 felony counts each of child endangerment.

https://www.google.com/amp/ktla.com/2018/01/15/kids-found-chained-to-beds-after-teens-escape-leads-to-discovery-of-12-malnourished-victims-held-captive-in-perris-home-sheriffs-dept/amp/

Turpins declared bankruptcy in 2011 according to this article,David Turpin listed his occupation in 2011 as an engineer:

https://heavy.com/news/2018/01/david-turpin-louise-allen-anna-perris-california-children-shackled-parents/