Abandoned Orphanage or Secret Lab? Deputy Ashley Turner Found Out the Hard Way!

On a cold November morning in 2016, Deputy Ashley Turner responded to what seemed like an ordinary complaint: a neighbor reported suspicious lights in the long-abandoned Riverside Children’s Home.

The orphanage had been closed for over 40 years, its brick walls crumbling and its playground overtaken by weeds.

But as Ashley entered the basement, she found evidence that someone had been using the space recently—and not just for trespassing.

Children’s clothes hung neatly on makeshift lines, medical supplies were scattered across folding tables, and cots were set up in preparation for young occupants.

Ashley’s unease turned to alarm when she heard footsteps above her, followed by the sound of the door slamming shut and locking her inside.

She managed to escape through a utility tunnel, only to find a man loading the evidence into a truck.

With backup arriving just in time, Ashley apprehended the man, Roy Jenkins, who admitted to being a driver for a mysterious operation involving children transported to a “camp” in the mountains.

What began as a simple investigation quickly spiraled into a nightmare.

Roy revealed chilling details: children sedated during transport, medical equipment delivered to the camp, and a shadowy figure named Dr. Pierce orchestrating everything.

He described the camp as a fenced-off facility guarded by armed men, where children were subjected to “treatment programs.”

But when Ashley and her team prepared to raid the camp, they discovered it had been abandoned, the operation moved to a new location.

The stakes escalated when Dr. Pierce retaliated by kidnapping Ashley’s elderly mother, Helen.

Through a series of taunting text messages and phone calls, Pierce offered Ashley a deal: destroy all evidence of his operation, release Roy Jenkins, and cease the investigation—or her mother would become one of his research subjects.

Ashley was faced with an impossible choice: save her mother or continue the investigation to rescue dozens of children.

As the FBI and local law enforcement worked to track Pierce’s new location, Ashley wrestled with her decision.

Ultimately, she decided to confront Pierce directly, hoping to save her mother and buy time for the FBI to act.

She arrived at Pierce’s facility, a former psychiatric hospital, armed only with the evidence files.

Inside, she found her mother unharmed but realized too late that Pierce had no intention of honoring their agreement.

He planned to imprison both Ashley and her mother as new research subjects.

Just as all hope seemed lost, FBI tactical teams stormed the facility.

Pierce, ever the manipulative scientist, released his psychologically conditioned subjects to act as human shields, hoping to delay the agents long enough to escape.

But Ashley outsmarted him, overriding the facility’s controls to unlock every door.

The subjects, many of whom had been held captive for years, seized the opportunity to break free, proving that Pierce’s conditioning hadn’t completely erased their will to survive.

In the chaos, Pierce attempted to kill Ashley’s mother, but FBI agents intervened, fatally shooting him.

His 40-year reign of terror ended, but the aftermath revealed the true extent of his crimes.

Over 300 individuals had been held in Pierce’s facilities, subjected to psychological torture and experimentation.

Many had died, their identities erased.

The survivors, some of whom had been held for decades, faced a long road to recovery.

In the months that followed, the investigation uncovered additional facilities, rescuing dozens more victims.

Legislation was passed to prevent similar operations in the future, and a recovery center was established to support the survivors.

Ashley, promoted to detective, dedicated herself to ensuring no other children would suffer as Pierce’s victims had.

But even as the case wound down, Ashley knew the fight wasn’t over.

Pierce’s network had been vast, with recruiters and satellite operations still active.

The scars left on the survivors—and on Ashley herself—would take years to heal.

Yet amidst the darkness, there was hope.

The resilience of the survivors, the dedication of law enforcement, and the support of a horrified public ensured that Pierce’s legacy would be one of justice, not despair.

Ashley Turner’s life was forever changed by what she found in that basement.

She had seen the worst of humanity, but she had also witnessed the strength of the human spirit.

And as long as there were missing children, Ashley would keep asking questions, keep searching, and keep fighting to bring them home.