And three members of a Perris family have been accused in court of physically and psychologically abusing nine foster children, including five who appear to be Turpin family members.Īfter the “20/20” report aired, the county announced it had hired Larson, a former federal prosecutor who defended a developer found not guilty of corruption in the high-profile Colonies Partners trial, to look into the county’s care of the Turpins. The report also raised questions about whether the children had access to money raised by the community for their benefit. Besides recounting their traumatic childhood, the women said, they are forced to live in bad neighborhoods and sometimes don’t have enough money for food. 19, the ABC News program “20/20” aired an interview with two of the adult children. The Perris couple was sentenced to 25 to life in prison in 2019 after their children were found chained to beds, living in filth and severely malnourished, their growth stunted by years of neglect. Larson, a retired federal judge, thanked the board for its trust in his law firm to scrutinize the county’s care of the 13 children of David and Louise Turpin. The head of a probe into allegations that Riverside County’s child and adult services have failed the Turpin children promised a thorough, transparent and independent investigation in remarks Tuesday, Dec.