When the girl, identified only as Maria by German media, was finally released, she was so physically underdeveloped that she “could barely climb stairs on her own or navigate rough terrain,” according to senior public prosecutor Patrick Baron von Grotthuss. .
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Local prosecutors believe the young girl had been confined to a locked room in her grandparents’ home in Attendorn, a small town east of Cologne, since she was about a year and a half old. “He can’t have managed to get a taste of the outside world,” Grotthuss added. Story continues below ad
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When doctors at the Siegen Children’s Hospital examined Maria, she told them she had never seen a forest, been to a meadow or been driven in a car, local newspaper SauerlandKurier reported. Regional authorities said there was no evidence the child was physically abused or malnourished, but he was still receiving treatment, “especially for the psychological consequences.” Maria has been placed in foster care while the city of Siegen further investigates her mother and grandparents for deprivation of liberty and child abuse. The mother is reported to be 47 years old and could face up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors have so far not answered why the mother and grandfather jailed the girl, with the SauerlandKurier reporting that they refused to answer police questions.
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According to a statement from the Olpe district, the relationship between the child’s mother and father had broken up before Maria was born. Then, in June 2015, the child’s mother registered with the municipality that she and her daughter moved to Calabria, Italy. Story continues below ad The district says they received anonymous information that the girl was in fact living with her mother and grandparents in Attendorn — but say they have found no hard evidence to support those claims.
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“Allegations of potential risk to the welfare of the child could not be substantiated,” the district wrote. “There was no concrete evidence that the child was not living in Italy.” According to the SauerlandKurier, the child’s father even reported to youth welfare authorities that he had seen the mother and child in Attendorn in September 2015. No concrete action was taken until July this year, when an unnamed couple alerted police to rumors and stories from friends that a child was being held captive at the grandparents’ home. On July 14, the regional youth welfare office contacted authorities in Italy to find the mother and child in Calabria.
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On September 12, the Italian Ministry of Justice confirmed to the German authorities that “the child’s mother never settled at the address you indicated in your request.” About a week and a half later, German authorities obtained a warrant to withdraw parental rights from the mother, and police and the youth welfare office were sent to search the grandparents’ home. Story continues below ad Olpe district commander Theo Melcher said he hoped the police investigation into the girl’s imprisonment would find more answers about “why the girl was hidden for so many years and why she was denied a ‘normal’ childhood”. “I am happy that the girl was able to free herself from this situation,” he added. 1:11 ‘I was used as a tool by God to help him,’ says server who saved child from abuse with secret sign Previous Video Next Video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
