@JeremyChenKESQ
11 minutes ago
The lunch recess is set to end. #Turpin prelim hearing scheduled for 1:30 start time. Media has been let into the courtroom.
@JeremyChenKESQ
5 minutes ago
Hearing has now resumed.
@JeremyChenKESQ
5 minutes ago
Prosecution calling on Investigator Brett Rooker with @RSO.
@JeremyChenKESQ
3 minutes ago
Rooker: Interviewed Turpin sisters, specifically 14 yr old. Said when she was 8 or 9 while living in Murietta, she was thrown down the stairs. Caught in her mother's room, and mother threw her around the bedroom and the knocked her down stairs.
@JeremyChenKESQ
1 minute ago
Rooker: Saw dirt caked on 14 yr old's arms. Shown picture of left forearm. Showed clean spots where chains were. Last time had bath was 8 months prior, Mother's Day 2017. Chaining began in October of 2017 for a month and a half. Aware other siblings were also chained.
@JeremyChenKESQ
1 minute ago
Rooker: 14 yr old says they had no schooling since moving to Perris. Never completed one lesson for any of their grades. Says parents created homeschool.