Foster home horror revealed as victims blow lid on decades of abuse at California home

Nypost · Aug 20, 2026 · 442 words · By Zain Khan

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Foster home horror revealed as victims blow lid on decades of abuse at California home See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The California Post on Google A Southern California foster parent accused of sexually abusing children more than two decades ago may have additional victims, Riverside police said Thursday, as detectives appealed to the public for help identifying others…

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Edward Sepulveda, 68, of Moreno Valley, was arrested July 17 and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on multiple felony sexual abuse charges, according to the Riverside Police Department.

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Claim 1: “Edward Sepulveda, 68, of Moreno Valley, was arrested July 17 and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on multiple felony sexual abuse charges, according to the Riverside Police Department.”

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While other sources confirm the arrest of Edward Sepulveda for sexual abuse in Riverside, the specific details regarding the date of July 17 and the booking into the Robert Presley Detention Center are not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, though the general arrest is mentioned.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Riverside County is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in …
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Claim 2: “The alleged abuse occurred about 24 years ago, when the victims were children living at a residence in the 600 block of Highlander Drive in Riverside and at various locations in Moreno Valley.”

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The 'Briefly' source explicitly mentions incidents occurring about 24 years earlier while children lived on Highlander Drive. ABC7 Los Angeles also confirms the crimes occurred in the suspect's home on Highlander Drive.

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Claim 3: “The investigation began Sept. 24, 2025, after detectives assigned to the department’s Sexual Assault/Child Abuse Unit received a report of a history of sexual abuse involving a child.”

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The start date of the investigation (Sept. 24, 2025) is explicitly mentioned in the 'Briefly' web search result and supported by the context of the Riverside Police Department's investigation in other results.

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Claim 4: “Investigators learned that Sepulveda was a foster parent who had cared for approximately 90 children over the years.”

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Three independent sources (ABC7 Los Angeles, WKRC, Briefly) explicitly state that Edward Sepulveda was a foster parent who cared for approximately 90 children.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Hills, known previously as Sepulveda, is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. North Hills was originally part of an agricultural community known as Missio…
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Claim 5: “Investigators told the Post that Sepulveda was married at the time the alleged abuse occurred and that his wife was interviewed as part of the investigation.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Sepulveda's marital status or the interviewing of his wife.

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Claim 6: “As detectives investigated, they identified three additional victims, police said. The police now have four active cases.”

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Multiple independent sources (WKRC, MyNewsLA, Briefly) confirm that police identified three additional victims, bringing the total to four active cases/victims.

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Claim 7: “The alleged victims included both boys and girls.”

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The provided evidence snippets mention 'children' and 'victims' generally, but do not explicitly specify that both boys and girls were included. The search results for this specific claim returned irrelevant Japanese map data.

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Claim 8: “He remains in custody on $1 million bail.”

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The provided evidence does not mention the bail amount for Edward Sepulveda. One search result mentions a different person (Anna Gristina) with bail, which is irrelevant.

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web search NEUTRAL — The trial court in his order recited that Sepulveda had not exhausted the state remedies still available to him, particularly the remedy granted by Rule 35(b) of the Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedu…
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