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Couple who 'kept starving children chained to beds' had 13 kids 'because it was God's calling'

A couple accused of locking up and starving their 13 children had so many kids because it was God's calling, the siblings' grandparents claim.

David, 57, and Louise Turpin, 49, were arrested on charges of torture and child endangerment after their 17-year-old daughter escaped the home and alerted police.

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