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A starting date for the trial of defendants David Allen Turpin. 57, and Louise Anne Turpin, 50, in the Perris torture case is expected to be set Friday, Nov. 30, in Superior Court in Riverside.
The pair are accused of shackling, starving, neglecting and psychologically abusing 12 of their 13 children to the point where doctors say the six minors and seven adults suffered varying levels of cognitive and physical impairment.
Most never received anything close to even a grade-school education, prosecutors say, as the parents kept the children largely out of sight of the public by forcing them to lead a nocturnal existence.
Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin has said he plans to call some of the Turpins’ children as witnesses against their parents. The 13 are now under the care of Riverside County authorities.
In a case that has received worldwide attention, the Turpins face a collective 88 felony counts, including torture, child cruelty and false imprisonment. David Turpin has also been charged with eight counts of perjury for the state Department of Education affidavits he filled out that asserted the children were been homeschooled.
The Turpins have pleaded not guilty to all charges. They are being held in lieu of $12 million each at Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
They were arrested Jan. 14 after a daughter, 17 at the time, snuck out of the house with a cell phone and a piece of mail and called 911. The girl, according to the 911 call played in court, had difficulty distinguishing the address at 160 Muir Woods Road from other information on the letter.
David Turpin’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender David J. Macher, said this week that Public Defender Steve Harmon is so certain that the case will go to trial that Harmon added two attorneys to the team, Judith Gweon and Brian Cosgrove. Louise Turpin’s defense team has not added any attorneys recently.
The hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Friday in Department 44 in the Riverside County Hall of Justice.
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