http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-turpin-public-life-20180124-story.html
"James Turpin, David Turpin's father, told the Southern California News Group that he and his wife visited the family about six years ago when they lived in Murrieta and stayed for five days.
He saw nothing wrong, he said.
"Everyone was loving and kind. The children were happy," James Turpin said."
There have been some contradictions in the stories we've seen. If the above is true, wouldn't this relative have noticed that the children lacked basic knowledge, like what a police officer is, or what medication is? Some stories said that the 17-year-old who escaped and called 911 didn't know what a pill was.
(I hope this makes sense. I hate ending sentences with "is" and "was"!)