. >> and we learned vampire hours as neighbor mike clifford called it. >> anywhere from 12:30 to 230ing in the morni in the morning the kids would march across the rooms up there for hours. >> this community in perris, california, is known as the crown jewel but what's so shocking behind closed doors in one of these homestan horror wa unfolding and neighbors had no idea what was happening. >> anything to look for. >> you don't need a medical degree. you see a child that doesn't go to school. that is putting sod on the ground at midnight. or looks pale and doesn't walk appropriately. that kid is probably has some issues that needs to be paid attention to. >> you certainly can report anything. i would suggest to people they don't know exactly what's happening, that it doesn't look right, i think all of us from a welfare standpoint should reach out and talk to the police. >> the lives of the turpin siblings have changir revokablely since sunland oday. one of the can girls 17-year-old girl and siblings escaped through a window and used a cellphone. >> the 17-year-old who escaped had been

. >> reporter: mike clifford lives across the street from their former home.wife described some of the children as robotic. >> they talked very monotone and robotic and they talked at the same time saying the same thing. >> reporter: before moving to california, the family lived near ft. worth, texas. these photos offering a glimpse into what police say was that tortured household. obtained by ktvt the pictures show filth lackering almost every surface and carpets hideously stained, grime smeared on the walls, even the windows boarded up. the current owners were so disgusted they held on to the pictures for nearly 20 years after that family moved out. >> i called it a compound because they were so closed off from society. >> reporter: in this photo in what appears to be a bedroom a closer look appears to be some kind of tethering device tied to a bed. when police rescued the 13 siblings earlier this week, they found several children shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks. louise turpin's younger sister, elizabeth flores tells us it was run with milita