Whoever bought the Perris home once occupied by the couple accused of torturing a dozen children there will be confronted by a heart-wrenching sight: Someone drew a literal cry for help on top of a cake box.

“Help Me! Pleas (sic)” scribbled someone — presumably one of David and Louise Turpin’s 13 children — who also drew a picture of a crying child and a representation of a broken heart.

That image, as well as video of a home cluttered with toys, bedding, clothing and broken furniture, will be shown in a report at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, on Inside Edition on KCBS. Inside Edition reporter Diane McInerney toured the house at 160 Muir Woods Road on Wednesday as the online auction of the four-bedroom, three-bathroom property concluded.

An unidentified buyer purchased the house for $310,360 in an online auction. It is unclear whether the buyer plans to move in or resell the property, which was given an assessed valuation by Riverside County of $353,138 for tax purposes.

McInerney also found bottles of prescription medicine and food caked on spoons. She said the house still reeked from the smell that investigators testified about at the preliminary hearing where the Turpins were held over for trial on a collective 88 felony counts, including torture, child cruelty and false imprisonment.

Prosecutors say the parents kept some of their children, ages 2 to 29 at the time of the Jan. 14 arrests, shackled to furniture for weeks at a time, provided little nutrition or education, forced them to wear soiled clothes and largely kept them out of public view. Some of them face a long recovery from physical and cognitive impairment, authorities said.

The Turpins have pleaded not guilty to all charges and face a Sept. 3 trial. They are in custody in lieu of $12 million bail each.