I just read about the 13 captive siblings in California.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
Chile
January 17, 2018 6:00pm CST
Sometimes I feel that in that giant country, so many incredible things happen that any thing you watch on TV is nothing compared to reality.
The last unbelievable thing I read in the news was the escape of a girl from her house that led to the police finding 12 other kids some of them tied to the bed and all in a stage of malnutrition.
The parents who had them that way were photographed. And they looked so evil in their pictures that I cannot understand why no one saw anything strange before.
Did you read about it?
Waht you you think abot all this?
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
I agree. They must have been captive for years. Anyone notices when a child does not ever come out. And, as it seems, some of the captives were not children anymore
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@Kandae11 (57230)
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18 Jan 18
@marguicha A neighbor actually admitted that she regretted not mentioning anything to social services. She had seen a few of them in the yard and she said they looked thin , scared and very white.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
@Kandae11 It seems that now no one wants to get involved in anything.
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@NJChicaa (127163)
• United States
18 Jan 18
I just read about this today. I don't understand how people can be so evil. Reminds me of the story about that guy "Angel" whoever who had the 3 young women locked in his basement for several years. He would get them pregnant and then beat them so they would miscarry. Also that guy in Germany who had his daughter, I believe, locked up in a basement for like a decade as a prisoner.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
I remembered that too. What I don´t understand is how can they get away with it. I would think that even if a child is homeschooled, there must be some sort of check from a board so that they have been taught all their is to know at their age. And the children wouldd have to be seen by someone then, or by a social worker.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
@NJChicaa It is a pity. At least from my point of view. I don´t mind if the children are taught "extra" subjects. But they should learn some subjects that schools teach. And at the same level.
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@NJChicaa (127163)
• United States
18 Jan 18
@marguicha No, homeschool is pretty much a free-for-all in most states/districts. That's how parents get away with teaching their kids the Bible and cooking for "science". 
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
They won´t ever be normal, with that childhood.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
18 Jan 18
@marguicha I bet they would be scarred for life. Need counseling too.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Jan 18
This is an unbelievably wicked crime! I can't even comprehend how a mother and father could do such heinous things, towards those 13 precious children
I'm saddened by this terrible act of violence. All children deserve a loving home!
I'm saddened by this terrible act of violence. All children deserve a loving home!5 people like this
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
I hope the parents will be punished as they should. But I think that the children will have scars forever.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
@kobesbuddy There are even some that are adults, yet they look like children. I hope the parents are put away forever.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Jan 18
@marguicha That's the worst part about child abuse, those kids will probably be scarred for life!
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@khagendra1994 (1226)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
18 Jan 18
I have heard right now about this news.But it is hard to believe.
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@khagendra1994 (1226)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
18 Jan 18
@marguicha yes you are right.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Jan 18
I had noit read aboutit b ut it really turned my stoimach hw poarents can dio that to he chuidre that are theirs I had twost ourgirol at age8adi coud not aveaymore kids thentohear about such hjorrible peope that silckends me I wante one nmore chid so bad tuose[paremts sjpuid be gvem the e;ecvtocv chair they do not deserve b eing kept alive
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
18 Jan 18
I am surprised and shocked that the two parents conspired together to do this heinous crime against their own children.Unbelievable.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
22 Jan 18
@marguicha But in spite of all these,life goes on and things like this keep happening.
@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
18 Jan 18
I checked the news on YT. They, the parents, looked weird. The children look goosd before they were chained.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jan 18
@LadyDuck In some places, getting involved means a lot of trouble. I don´t know if that is the case.
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
18 Jan 18
@marguicha I cannot understand how nobody ever suspected that something was wrong.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
18 Jan 18
Yes, it is big news here. What I don't understand is that some of the children were adults in their 20s -- how did they allow themselves to be held captive like that? (Not blaming them for it, I am just curious how that happens.) I have so many questions about those poor kids (including the adults.) How can anyone be so evil? Why do people even have children if they are going to do things like that?
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
There is a way that the captors make them accept anything.
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@BloggerDi (3121)
• United States
18 Jan 18
It's so very disturbing! I am always extra shocked by these cases in which both parents apparently conspired together to abuse and neglect their children!
It's not unusual for a person to discover at some point that they chose a partner who has a dark side, is mentally ill or whatever. But for BOTH people to live this way, for so long? I am absolutely appalled and heartbroken.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jan 18
True! And I cannot understand, in this age, to have 13 children only to torture them.
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@Mshafeeq (2746)
• Kuwait, Kuwait
18 Jan 18
@marguicha like no one saw the neighbours and no one wants to help them.
@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
18 Jan 18
That is a lot of kids. I wonder no one is noticing it before.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Jan 18
opjheynicedbutdid ndotwant t get ivoved lot of cruel peoplen theworld
