Nearly 2 weeks later after the Turpins have been caught from keeping 13 kids held captive it's still big news everywhere. Salynn Simon who lived across the street from the Turpins noticed strange things. Sally stated "Maybe they are really quiet and do most their playing in the backyard". Sally had never spoken much to the Turpins she said that maybe they were just very private and wanted to keep things mellow. One day the neighbor had gone over to ask if they wanted Girl Scout Cookies. The Mom had opened the door and barely had it open. She had noticed the kids were jumping up and down because they wanted to have some cookies. Simon had also saw the six of the Turpins at a church and she had seen of the older boys as he was 20. Salynn said he had looked like a teenager and he just laughed. The whole neighborhood is still in shock and praying for the kids.
My Answers:
1. If I was neigbors with the Turpins I think I would say something. As they seem to never leave the house which is weird. Never opening the door fully is diffrent too. I think I would step up and say something.
2. I would feel very sad for the kids. They did not deserve this act and torture. I would be disgusted by the Turpins actions.
1. If you were Neighbors with the Turpins would you question what is going on in their house?
2. If you were related to the Turpins how would you feel?
Replies
Great job Brock! Good job replying!
Put your answers under your questions next time.
A lot of suburban communities have neighborhood watch programs which I think should have been in place in this area. Considering that people of the neighborhood knew there were many kids in the house but never seeing them seems suspicous. If I were the woman that went over there to sell the cookies, I would have been concerned about how strange the family was acting and filed a report for saftey of the children which was obviously needed.
Knowing me, I probably wouldn't notice anything was amiss until the news came out because I'm not one to be very observant and while I'm somewhat curious and like to question things, I'd probably just go about my own day and think nothing of the weird-ish neighbors. I'd be disapointed in my kin and try to separate myself from being compared to the parents and also try to help the kids out.
Since its a big city people do that because this kind of cruelty goe's on and know body would know what is happen or they are going through. If it was a small city the people would quickly catch because its a small town and people know each other not personal but just heard about them or they can see something fishy thats going on.
In a big city I can imagine that people keep to themselves and this kind of cruelty could go by without anyone knowing. But if this was in Harlan, Iowa they would be caught very quickly, because most of Harlan is rather verbal. This is really awful and I would hate to think there are more stories just like this, unfortunately, there are probably more.
I don't know if I would be able to question what is going on in their house. I don't know if I would be able to pay that close attention to them and would be shocked when it occurred. If I was related, I would be sickk to my stomach and likely offer to take the kids into my custody.
Did the kids have parents and how were they kidnapped? I am just confused on hwy they didnt just escape or just call for help. At the end of the day the kidnapping was wrong the people doing this should be punished.
I would ask if I thought that something was wrong, but if there is no reason to then I would probably not ask. I would feel pretty awful knowing that my relatives were the ones who did something like this.
If I were a neighbor of them, I would not be ashamed to ask them something in the door, I would not argue, I do not usually get involved in personal matters, we all want privacy, but if we notice that something is weird that they do not leave, and they are not sociable, it is better keep distance, you'll never know who they really are.
I feel that after a while, I would definitely start to get suspicious about what was going on inside the house. I feel that if I was related to the Turpins, I would feel extremely embarassed and ashamed for what had happened and appoligize to the parents.
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