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Swede

(33,283 posts)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:11 PM Nov 2021

Jordan Turpin, then 17, escaped from her parents' abusive home and called 911.

Last edited Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:50 PM - Edit history (1)

There are real monsters out there.

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Jordan Turpin quietly climbed up on a windowsill of her parents' home without them knowing and dropped down into the outside world.

The 17-year-old had only been outside a few times in her entire life and she was terrified. Her hands were shaking uncontrollably as she held a deactivated cell phone her parents didn’t know she had, but thinking of her siblings chained up inside the house, she worked up the courage to dial 911.

"I was always terrified that if I called the cops or tried to escape, I would get caught, and then I knew I would die if I got caught," Jordan, now 21, told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview. "But at the end, when I saw all my younger siblings, I knew that's what I had to do."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/turpin-daughter-escape-happened-died/story?id=81085858

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/qztrrb/17_year_old_girl_escapes_from_house_of_horror/
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Jordan Turpin, then 17, escaped from her parents' abusive home and called 911. (Original Post) Swede Nov 2021 OP
The service organizations that were supposed to help the kids have DURHAM D Nov 2021 #1
This is being investigated for what's it worth. nt chowder66 Nov 2021 #3
Youtube of her escape. Swede Nov 2021 #2
I cried while watching the documentary. LuckyCharms Nov 2021 #4
is the documentary online anywhere ? JI7 Nov 2021 #6
Well, it was on YouTube last night... LuckyCharms Nov 2021 #7
Link to ABC channel. Scroll down. Parts 1-5. scipan Nov 2021 #9
I just watched it on Hulu. MoonchildCA Nov 2021 #8
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2021 #5

DURHAM D

(32,611 posts)
1. The service organizations that were supposed to help the kids have
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:36 PM
Nov 2021

failed big time. Meanwhile, the donations to help the kids out financially are unaccounted for.

LuckyCharms

(17,459 posts)
4. I cried while watching the documentary.
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 11:20 PM
Nov 2021

The two sisters that were interviewed broke my heart, but made me proud of them. As proud as I've ever been of anyone.

I have no idea how those children made it through that.

LuckyCharms

(17,459 posts)
7. Well, it was on YouTube last night...
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 02:26 AM
Nov 2021

The videos are broken up into Part 1, Part 2, etc. I kept watching through the last "Part" that I could see, and then there were no more "parts" but the documentary was not over yet.

Whatever that last "part" was (part 5 maybe?), I scrolled down the comments in that video, and someone had posted a YouTube link to the full video, so I watched the remainder on that video and bookmarked it. However, when I click that bookmark now, it looks like the complete documentary (in one video) was removed by the user. However, watching parts 1-5 will give you most of it. Start here:

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)
8. I just watched it on Hulu.
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 01:18 PM
Nov 2021

I tried to watch the separate videos on YouTube, but they only cover about half of the documentary.

H2O Man

(73,620 posts)
5. Recommended.
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 11:59 PM
Nov 2021

I remember watching the parents' court hearings. Very disturbed people. So it has been wonderful to see some recent coverage on how some of their children are doing now.

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