13 siblings allegedly held captive 'hopeful that life will get better': Official

The doctor who treated some of the children of David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, told ABC News one of the children, a 29-year-old, had the body mass of a 15-year-old.

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