A California man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing foster children he was assigned to care for in his home, including some who had been previously tortured by their parents. The suspect's parents were also arrested. All three are accused of abusing and torturing the victim and her two younger sisters for more than 5 years, prosecutors said. Authorities arrested people, including alleged child sexual predators and those seeking prostitutes.
In January of , the 13 Turpin children โthen aged 2 to 29 โ were rescued from the Perris home where their parents imprisoned and tortured them over the course of several years, in what became known as the "house of horrors.
In , Gonzales became the first American Latino man to win Olympic gold. Ida Brockman, 30, and Malachi Whalen, 29, each face murder and child abuse charges. Whalen faces an additional charge of torture, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which is assisting in the investigation. The indictment stems from an investigation into the April 6, death of year-old Diane "Princess" Ramirez, who was living at the Kerin's facility, the Morris Small Family Home in the La Cresta area of unincorporated Riverside County, near Murrieta.
A Temecula man, year-old Aaron Thomas Isaac pleaded guilty Wednesday to false imprisonment after preventing his wife from abusing their two young foster children and was immediately sentenced to 12 months probation.
Jessica Grajeda, 35, was charged Thursday with murder and multiple counts of child abuse, according to the Pomona Police Department. The boy's father, year-old George Luis Almaraz, was also arrested and has been charged with one count of felony child abuse.
