Defense contractor engineer and wife torture their 13 kids

This story, of 57-year-old David Allen Turpin and 49-year-old Louise Anna Turpin torturing their 13 children, ages 2 through 29, in Perris, California, has been dominating MSM headlines for well over a week now. I really didn't think much of the noise at first other than, how tragic. I figured they must have been doing it for fucked-up religious reasons and that seems to be the case, although it will be interesting to see if a trial occurs if details of cultish apocalyptic teachings are revealed. But I thought it might be worth taking a closer look at this case after hearing these details:
I am always a little wary when MSM trumpets some horrific crime, such as the Vegas shooting, but soft-pedals the alleged perpetrator's connections with the defense industry, such as Paddock's employment with Lockheed Martin. And who were the six students being taught at their house? It's not clear if they were their children or not. Were they receiving any religious curriculum? And here's a strange detail from NY Times link:
How exactly do you get between $100,000 to $500,000 in debt when you're making $140,000 a year? Sure, they had 12 kids then - who they were allegedly starving. Some things aren't adding up here.
In a report from ABC News, reporters wrote that David Allen Turpin was a Virginia Tech graduate who worked as a computer engineer for aerospace and defense company General Dynamic in the Texas office. Then around 2010, the Turpins moved from Texas to California – to the Inland Empire west of Los Angeles – according to The New York Times. David Allen Turpin started working for defense contractor Northrop Grumman, and his wife stayed at home with the kids. During that time, the couple posted a photograph of their family onto Facebook – the youngest was not born yet - and wrote that "all 12 are our children and we are very proud of them."
In Perris, the Turpins had a one-story, stucco house in a recently built subdivision. David Allen Turpin used his house to run a state-approved private school, the Sandcastle Day School. He is the principal at the school, which recently enrolled six students, in grades six through 12.
I am always a little wary when MSM trumpets some horrific crime, such as the Vegas shooting, but soft-pedals the alleged perpetrator's connections with the defense industry, such as Paddock's employment with Lockheed Martin. And who were the six students being taught at their house? It's not clear if they were their children or not. Were they receiving any religious curriculum? And here's a strange detail from NY Times link:
The couple filed for bankruptcy in California in 2011, stating in court documents that they owed between $100,000 and $500,000 in debt. At that time, Mr. Turpin worked as an engineer at Northrop Grumman, the defense contractor, and earned $140,000 annually, records show. Ms. Turpin’s occupation was listed as a homemaker.
How exactly do you get between $100,000 to $500,000 in debt when you're making $140,000 a year? Sure, they had 12 kids then - who they were allegedly starving. Some things aren't adding up here.