Paris, France
A child nine-year-old was found by the police naked and malnourished in a van where he had been locked up for more than a year in a town in Alsace (France), reported this Friday the Mulhouse Prosecutor’s Office (this) after imprisoning his father and leaving his partner under judicial control.
The minor was discovered last Monday by the police after a neighbor who heard noises inside the house reported. vanparked in a neighborhood yard.
The little one He was in a fetal position covered with a blanket, on waste and near excrement, and unable to walk due to his prolonged immobility. He lived without hygiene, he had to relieve himself in bags and bottles and he had not showered for months.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he remains admitted, although out of danger.
According to the prosecutor, the 43-year-old father admitted having detained him since the end of 2024 to avoid his alleged psychiatric confinement, without medical basis, and desired by his partner, 37.
The man was jailed and charged with kidnapping and deprivation of care; while his partner was rescued due to failure to provide assistance and was placed under judicial control, but denies the facts.
He child and his two sisters, ages 12 and 10, have been placed under protection of the authorities.
