Whistleblowers Call Out California Group Home for Abuse Against Disabled Residents

Article by Chris Egusar, originally published in kqed.org

Katrina Turner’s eyes lit up when her father, Pat Turner, and his fiancée, Elaine Sheffer, walked through the door of the beige stucco house in the Sacramento County community of Fair Oaks, where she lives. She made soft moaning sounds as her parents embraced her. Katrina is 43 years old, developmentally disabled and nonverbal, but she has her own ways of communicating.