The nutters in CA who chained up 13 kids...

[AndreaDM]

Not sure if this has been discussed here (couldn't find a thread), but according to FB pics on the parents' profile, they were frequent visitors to Disneyland. Makes me wonder if they have posted here! And all the crazy child abuse and torture aside, what is up with multiple wedding vow renewals by Elvis???

If you haven't seen the story, here is a link:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ia-home-n837871?icid=today_hp_NBCtopheadlines

 

[Mizzoufan]

Heartbreaking. Did I hear the guy was a principal at a local school?? You just never know what lies behind closed doors.

 

[morgan98]

I saw this on the news and am waiting for more details. What struck me was that they are in a neighborhood with homes so close together. I mean I know you never really know what is happening next door, but keeping 13 kids chained up? This was very disturbing for many reasons.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Heartbreaking. Did I hear the guy was a principal at a local school?? You just never know what lies behind closed doors.

The “school” address was their home address.

 

[RedAngie]

That guy needs life in prison just for his hairstyle.

 

[JaxDad]

That guy needs life in prison just for his hairstyle.

I assumed he was a big fan of Captain Kangaroo...

 

[AndreaDM]

Yeah, he was "principal" of their homeschool. The fact that 7 of them were between the ages of 18 and 29 is beyond baffling, looking at the pics, none of them look older than 15!

I agree, the homes are very close together and for 15 people to be living in one house, you'd think someone would have been suspicious before now.

 

[Mizzoufan]

You would think at some point someone would scream for help fight to get lose and the neighbors would hear.

 

[starry_solo]

Heartbreaking. Did I hear the guy was a principal at a local school?? You just never know what lies behind closed doors.

Principal at his own school HQ'd at the house.

 

[robinb]

Those poor kids.

 

[lynxstch]

the $9 million bail is nowhere near enough for those 2!

 

[robinb]

Seven of the children were actually adults. I know there is some kind of foster care to help minors, but I hope there is something in place to help the adults too. It seems that the parents have infantilized them and that they will be completely unprepared to make it in the world.

 

[Hikergirl]

Wow so disturbing, can't believe that some were as old as 29.

 

[cabanafrau]

I don't understand all of the reports of the grandparents stating to the media that they just spoke to the parents this past weekend and nothing seemed amiss. Didn't the grandparents find it unusual that all of their grandchildren looked so small and frail and much younger than their age? Didn't the grandparents question why not one of the adult grandchildren had gone on to college, gotten a job, etc.? They seemed abreast of the fact that the parents were "called by God" to have so many children, yet turned their heads to the rest?

I hope a safety net is prepared for the kids to take care of them medically, psychologically, financially, educationally -- without a media circus around them or forcing them to be paraded in front of cameras or interviewed to earn their keep like reality TV buffoons schilling for a living.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

I read that neighbors thought things were off but no one said anything. We all need to look out for each other.
Such a sad story.

 

[morgan98]

I don't understand all of the reports of the grandparents stating to the media that they just spoke to the parents this past weekend and nothing seemed amiss. Didn't the grandparents find it unusual that all of their grandchildren looked so small and frail and much younger than their age? Didn't the grandparents question why not one of the adult grandchildren had gone on to college, gotten a job, etc.? They seemed abreast of the fact that the parents were "called by God" to have so many children, yet turned their heads to the rest?

I hope a safety net is prepared for the kids to take care of them medically, psychologically, financially, educationally -- without a media circus around them or forcing them to be paraded in front of cameras or interviewed to earn their keep like reality TV buffoons schilling for a living.

Some of this is why this story seems particularly disturbing. When I first heard and saw the headline, I envisioned the parents as some off the grid types living on hundreds of acres in the middle of no where, with no outside contact, relatives, etc.

This just gets stranger and stranger when you hear there were grandparents and they live in a suburban neighborhood with homes on top of each other, etc. If people outside the family knew they had 13 kids, seems like somewhere along the line something would have jumped out at someone...

Of course, in situations like this you like to think someone should have known something.

 

[Wishing on a star]

WOW..... just flipping WOW.....
Sickness and mental illness and evil and deception come in incredible forms and at incredible levels of depravity.

I can only hope and pray for the best for these children and young adults.

PS: this just reminds me SO much of what would be the next level of The Duggar's... on Cable.... is that the right name????

 

[cabanafrau]

I read that neighbors thought things were off but no one said anything. We all need to look out for each other.
Such a sad story.

I can understand neighbors not having a way to understand, simply feeling something was off. Who in the heck do you report "I think something is off with the neighbors" to, particularly if you don't really know them or their family?

I do agree, it would help to all look out for one another, but I can see how easy it would be to keep neighbors from having anything to work with as far as alerting protective services or the police. That's precisely why I'm at a loss why the grandparents hadn't raised any alarms. They were in a position to be asking some questions based on a bare bones outline of the family members alone.

 

[Wishing on a star]

The grandparents are, well, the grandparents....
Pretty self explanatory?????
Sometimes the NUT doesn't fall so far from the tree?

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I'M ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN 2 PEOPLE WHO ARE BOTH OBVIOUSLY MENTALLY DISTURBED ARE A "COUPLE". IT USUALLY DOESN'T END WELL FOR OTHERS