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Claudio Bresciani
Police at the scene of an apartment where a woman is suspected of having locked up her son, in Haninge, south of Stockholm, on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.
A woman in her 70s is no longer suspected of having her child locked up in an apartment south of Stockholm for 28 years, a Swedish prosecutor said Thursday (NZT Friday).
Prosecutor Emma Olsson, who led the preliminary investigation, told Swedish media that investigators found no evidence that the woman’s son, who is 40 years old, was held in the apartment against his will.
The mother had been arrested on suspicion of unlawful deprivation of liberty and serious bodily injury.
“We have not been able to find any evidence that the woman committed any crime,” Olsson told SVT broadcaster.
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The Swedish newspaper Expressen reported this week that the man was found on Sunday (local time) by a relative who learned that his mother had been admitted to a hospital. The relative went to the apartment, found the door open, and entered.
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The mother had been arrested on suspicion of unlawful deprivation of liberty and serious bodily injury.
The relative told the newspaper that there was “urine, dirt and dust” all over the place and that the apartment “smelled rotten.” He heard a noise from the kitchen and found the man sitting on blankets and pillows.
According to the relative’s account, he had no teeth, had sores on his legs and spoke badly. She alerted authorities afterward.
The Swedish news agency TT wrote that the relative was the man’s sister, and Olsson said the injuries stemmed from illness, not violence.
The investigation has not yet been formally closed, but the mother is no longer suspected of any crime and has been released.
