
California sisters imprisoned, tortured by parents along with siblings break silence: It was 'hell'
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Two California sisters who were among the 13 siblings held hostage by their parents at the Turpin family’s "House of Horrors" are speaking out for the first time, describing how they had been "close to death" many times before officers rescued them in 2018.
The youngest child wasn't abused, according to the investigators. David Turpin becomes emotional as he reads a statement during a sentencing hearing Friday, April 19, 2019, in Riverside, California. Turpin and his wife, Louise, who pleaded guilty to years of torture and abuse of 12 of their 13 children have been sentenced to life in prison with possibility of parole after 25 years. (Will Lester/The Orange County Register via AP, Pool) Louise Turpin sits in a courtroom during a sentencing hearing Friday, April 19, 2019, in Riverside, California. (Will Lester/The Orange County Register via AP, Pool)
"My whole body was shaking," Jordan Turpin tells ABC News in a promotional clip released Tuesday. "I couldn’t really dial 911," she says, before choking up, as Diane Sawyer interjects, "I don’t know how you had the courage."
"I think it was us coming so close to death so many times," she says in the clip released by ABC’s "20/20." The full special, titled, "Escape From a House of Horror" will air Nov. 19.