>> yes, it was good. >> reporter: david and louise turpin plead guilty to charges including torture andent. they were sentenced to 25 years to life. we have requested statements from david and louise turpin. we have not heard back. they are currently serving their time in separate prisons in california. can you imagine seeing them? >> definitely not any time soon. i've been up -- i -- i never, never, never -- >> there's nothing you think you want to say to them? >> i want to know why, but i would never get that answer. >> so it's not -- >> it's just like a hundred whys. >> we'll be right back. i've got moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months, after just 2 doses. skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms such as fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches, or coughs or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. ♪nothing is everything♪ talk to you

david turpin has a new job as an engineer at northrop grumman. he also has a new mustang. house in the suburbs, louise turpin seems to have a manic pattern of shopping sprees, racking up huge credit card debts with her childlike obsession with buying children's clothes, toys, games she hoards. the children are not allowed to touch mother's toys unless she gives permission. this is a video made in the house of one the children's closets. brand-new clothes with price tags on them, while the children remain dressed in filth. >> they would buy literally so many expensive clothes and toys and stuff that they wasn't ever gonna use. about 100 different collector monopolies and stuff like that. >> reporter: at this point, david turpin files for bankruptcy. they decide the children will have to economize. so every day it was bread and peanut butter? >> mostly. very occasionally we would get, like, food frozen or maybe fast food place. >> reporter: so what did your mother and father eat? >> oh, they -- they always ate fast food, frozen meals. they had the good stuff. and i was the o

. >> reporter: david and louise turpin, who have concealed a chamber of horrors for almost 30 years,e in and check. okay? >> reporter: and in one of the rooms inside the house someone is waiting in her bed, eyes wide open, praying that the knock on the door means her sister made it to freedom. >> knock knock knock. and then they said it's the police. i'm like, this is it. >> our thanks to diane. you can see the full special, "escape from a house of horror," streaming on hulu. we'll be right back. and take. it. on... with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some, rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred as have certain cancers, including lymphoma, and tears in the stomach or intestines, and changes in lab results. your doctor s

david and louise turpin, who have concealed a chamber of nd horrors for almost 30 years, now watch as deputies start to make their way through the door. >> we're going to come in and check, okay? >> reporter: and in one of the rooms inside the house, someone is waiting in her bed, eyes wide open, praying that the knock on the door means her sister made it to freedom. >> knock, knock, knock. i'm like -- and then they said, it's the police. i'm like, this is it. >> i have seen this two-hour special. it is extraordinary reporting. these young women, their strength, and what they survived. diane's special airs tonight on "20/20," 9:00 p.m. eastern, right here tonight. >>> and when we come back this evening, we'll show you the new images out tonight of that tennis star missing. but the question, should the world believe them? no one can deliver your mom's homemade short ribs. for starters, your mom doesn't have a restaurant. if she did, it would be impossible to get in. she'd become famous overnight. she'd get talked into franchising everything. and at that point, they wouldn't really tast

. >> reporter: david and louise are now serving 25 years to life in state prison after pleading guilty to 14 felony charges in the case. the turpin grapple with starting new lives in a society they were kept from. and while public donations, most of it going into a trust, poured in to help support the kids, some say they have been left in the lurch by california social services system. >> there are resources for them that they can't access. they're living in squalor. they're living in crime-ridden neighborhoods. there's money for them for their education. they can't access it. they have been victimized again by the system. >> reporter: despite the ongoing struggles to get on their feet and forge paths forward, jordan and jennifer are determined now more than ever to make themselves the heroes of their story and not the victims. >> i want that name to -- my name and her name, the turpin name to be, like, wow. they're strong. they're not weak. they're not broken. they've got this. >> and i spoke to jordan and jennifer just a short time ago about the reaction to that special, and what the future holds for them. >> so i watched the s