一對夫婦涉嫌虐待親生子女被逮捕
Two people are under arrest east of Los Angeles after police were shocked and sickened to find 12 of their children allegedly held captive in their home in filthy conditions.
The couple, David and Louise Turpin, are being held on $9 million bail while police investigate charges of torture and child endangerment.
Police were alerted to the situation in the house in Perris, California, by a 17 year-old girl who escaped and called them on a cell phone.
The officers say she was so malnourished, that she looked like a 10 year-old child instead of 17.
They found a house full of what they thought were 12 children, when some were actually adults between 18 and 29 years old.
Police say the youngest victim was two and some of the children were shackled to beds with chains and padlocks.
Officers describe the house as dark and foul-smelling. The victims were dirty and appeared to be starving.
Authorities say the couple ran a day school out of their home and were beset with financial problems in recent years.
A police statement said the parents did not give any logical reason why their children were being held in such appalling conditions.警察在洛杉磯東部逮捕兩人。警察震驚地發現這兩人的12個子女被關在家中，條件骯髒惡劣。
大衛·圖爾平和露易絲·圖爾平夫婦已被收押，保釋金爲900萬美元。警方正在針對折磨和危害兒童的指控進行調查。
一名17歲少女從位於加州佩里斯的這個住家逃出，用手機報警。之後警方採取了行動。
警方說，這名少女營養不良，看起來像10歲的孩子，而不是17歲。
警察在圖爾平夫婦的住房裏發現了他們的12個子女，以爲他們都未成年，但實際上其中一些已經成年，年齡在18歲到29歲之間。
警方說，最小的受害者兩歲，一些人被鐵鏈鎖在牀上。
警方說，房子裏光線昏暗，臭不可聞，受害者渾身骯髒，看來在捱餓。
當局說，這對夫婦在家裏開辦一所私人學校。河濱郡警察局的新聞公告說，這兩人近年來不斷遇到財務困難。
警方的一份聲明說，這對夫婦對把子女關在如此惡劣的環境中沒有給出任何合理的解釋。
