Mother of captive kids ‘perplexed’ by deputies

PERRIS, Calif. — California authorities said the mother of 13 children kept locked in filthy conditions was “perplexed” about why police came to their home.
Riverside County sheriff’s Capt. Greg Fellows described the reaction of 49-year-old Louise Turpin but didn’t know the reaction of the father, 57-year-old David Turpin.
The children, some of them chained to furniture, were described as weak and small for their age. Fellows called it torture. The abuse was discov