Holy crap. It’s way worse than any normal person could actually imagine.
Mr Hestrin claimed all 13 of the children were hospitalised with “severe caloric malnutrition connected with muscle wasting.”
The oldest child, a 29-year-old woman, weighed just five stone (82lbs) when she was rescued by police.
Doctors said some of the children were suffering from cognitive neuropathy as a result of the abuse, meaning their mental age was much lower than their real age.
Mr Hestrin claimed the children were also subject to “frequent beatings and even strangulation” as punishment for washing.
“If the children were found to wash their hands above the wrist area they would be accused of playing in the water and would be locked up,” said the district attorney.
Mr and Mrs Turpin would buy food for themselves, but not for the children, Mr Hestrin said.
They would further torture their hungry family by leaving food out in their line of sight.
“The parents would buy food for themselves – pies, pumpkin pies, apple pies; leave it on the counter and not let the children eat it,” he said.
He added that the children were not allowed to play.
“They were not allowed toys, although there were many toys in the house in their original packaging, and never opened,” he said.
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