Much after the COVID ‘lockdown’ restrictions ended, three children were found living in conditions that appeared to be those of a prison thanks to the regulations.
During the last four years, a German family living in Spain has been detained for allegedly shackling their three children and forcing them to comply with severe restrictions, such as the use of machetes.
On Monday, April 28, the siblings—who are made up of twins aged eight and a ten-year-old boy—were suddenly freed from the “casa de horrores” in Oviedo after being imprisoned there since about December 2021.
After being released, the police observed that the children were acting strangely while they were outside, taking the past, and showing interest in snails.
A researcher went on to say:
“Even though we were able to sacrifice them, all three children started to breathe deeply, as if they had never been outside before,” according to the New York Post.
The government intervened on behalf of the children when a neighbor filed a complaint on April 14 alleging that the children had not been at school, according to El Comercio.
Despite Oviedo Police Chief Javier Lozano’s statement that there is “in principle” does not cause concern,
After the home’s surveillance revealed that the 53-year-old father was the only person leaving the house to pick up food and mail, security forces became suspicious.
According to other neighbors, the rest of the family had not left the house since December 2021.
When police arrived at the family’s home, according to El Mundo, the father “agreed” to allow them to enter,
while they noticed the mother, a 48-year-old German-American, wearing three masks for each of the children.
According to reports, she also instructed officials to exercise caution because her children were “extremely enfermos.”
Only from the inside could they determine the severity of the children’s condition, discovering that the house was full of drugs
and mascarillas and was replete with desechos, indicating a “situación evidentemente insalubre.”
The consejero por la seguridad ciudadana, José Ramón Prado, added that the environment was “pathogenic.”
Despite their age, the children also lived in cojines and had “defaced monsters and dolls.” Later, it was discovered that the children did not appear to be suffering from any illnesses.
During a prensa conference, Lozano referred to the property as “the home of the horrores,” while another agent told El Mundo:
“The kids were in a terrible situation. It turned out to be totally desvergonzado. They weren’t malnourished since they were eating.
However, they were también dirty… [and] totalmente aislado de la realidad, y no solo por no asistir a la escuela.
Added by the agent: “After expulsando a los niños del hogar y llevando a los jardines, donde ellos evitaban entrar, cuando vieron a una mosca, se volvieron locos, asustadas.”
Desde entonces, los niños han sido trasladados a un centro juvenil, mientras que their progenitores están en prisión preliminar sin derecho a liberación.
The duo, supuestamente afectados por el ‘COVID syndrome’, han sido detenidos y acusados de domestic violence can habitual aggression psicológica y abandono de niños, según el Oviedo Police Department, reporta ABC.
Lozano incorporó: “Todos hemos sido impactados por el Covid syndrome y las consecuencias de la pandemia, podemos indagar sobre las razones que llevaron a una familia a permanecer confinada por tanto tiempo.”