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Two parents have been arrested after 12 of their children were found shackled to beds inside their home in California. The victims, all siblings aged between two and 29 years old, were being held captive at the home of David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, in Perris, California, police said.

Riverside County Sheriff's Department began investigating after a 17-year-old girl managed to free herself, call police on a cell phone and escape the home, cops said. The teenager, who was so emaciated police thought she was just 10 years old, told cops her 12 siblings were being held inside the home on the 100 Block of Muir Woods Road.

Officers then arrived at the home and found several children and adults chained and padlocked to to beds in a foul-smelling room.   

They were malnourished, dirty and all of them have been hospitalized, police said.

The victims were given food and drinks and Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services will care for them once they are well enough to be released from hospital.

Police originally thought all of the victims were children but soon discovered seven were adults. 

Mr and Mrs Turpin were arrested and charged with torture and child endangerment. They will appear in court on Thursday. The couple are being held at Robert Presley Detention Center east of Los Angeles and their bail has been set at $9million. 

Pictures on Facebook show the Turpins getting married by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas, with 13 children posing for photos in matching outfits for the boys and the girls.

The 10 girls are all dressed in pink dresses with white tights and white shoes, while the boys are seen in suits with purple ties - and bowl haircuts like their father.

Other pictures show the family smiling on a trip to Disneyland, while another shows them wearing Dr Seuss-style shirts, with each child's top emblazoned with 'Thing 1' to 'Thing 13'.