Final bid for ‘Perris prison home’: $310,360
The auction for Perris home where David and Louise Turpin are accused of imprisoning and torturing 12 of their 13 children ended Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.
The home, at 160 Muir Woods Road, was foreclosed on in November and was listed on hudsonandmarshall.com with a minimum bid amount of $177,255 by an unknown lender. At the end of the auction today, the top bid was $310,360.
The online listing makes no mention of the alleged crimes of David and Louise Turpin. In August, the Turpins entered not guilty pleas for 88 criminal charges.
State law only requires owners selling a property to disclose deaths that have occurred in the previous three years and if there has been any kind of exposure to a controlled substance. The Turpin parents have been locked up since they were arrested in January and won’t face trial until Sept. 3, 2019.
They are accused of shackling, starving and beating their children, who ranged in age from two to 29 at the time sheriff’s deputies found them. David, 57, and Louise, 50, collectively face 88 felony charges and are being held at Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside in lieu of $12 million bail each.
In late November, the Turpins trial date and additional court dates were set. The Turpins will return to court for their trial readiness conference of February 22 and their motions hearing date is June 7.
