Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Prologue 1
Part 1 The Seeds of Evil
Chapter 1 King Turpin 11
Chapter 2 "He's So Creepy" 18
Chapter 3 The Honor Student 24
Chapter 4 The Runaways 36
Part 2 The Family
Chapter 5 "I Thought Their Life Was Perfect" 47
Chapter 6 Meadowcreek Elementary School 52
Chapter 7 Rio Vista 67
Chapter 8 DL4EVER 78
Chapter 9 Lord of the Flies 86
Chapter 10 "Sow Those Wild Oats" 91
Chapter 11 Murrieta 100
Chapter 12 "So Many Little Bright-Eyed Dreamers" 109
Chapter 13 "Louise Turpin Is a Super Mom" 115
Chapter 14 Viva Las Vegas 122
Chapter 15 Perris 129
Chapter 16 "May You Be Blessed with More Children" 141
Chapter 17 Things 1 to 13 149
Chapter 18 "Where Is the Key?" 156
Part 3 The Magnificent Thirteen
Chapter 19 Rescue 165
Chapter 20 God Called on Them to Have So Many Children 177
Chapter 21 "I Would Call That Torture" 188
Chapter 22 "This Is Depraved Conduct" 201
Chapter 23 "We Stand United with the Turpin Children" 209
Chapter 24 Family Secrets 218
Chapter 25 Learning to Fly 224
Chapter 26 "She's Living in a Fantasy World" 235
Chapter 27 A New Life 241
Chapter 28 "My Two Little Sisters Are Chained Up!" 258
Chapter 29 "She Was Terrified of Her Mother" 275
Chapter 30 "Cruel and Unusual Punishment and Extreme Pain" 291
Chapter 31 "There's a Plethora of Evidence" 301
Epilogue 308