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A woman in her 70s has been arrested, suspected of having kept her son locked up in an apartment in Stockholm for some 30 years. It was discovered by a relative.
The son is said to have been locked up in the apartment since he was twelve and is now 40, reports Expressen.
The information comes from a relative of the woman, who assures that she recently broke into the apartment where she found the man. He could barely speak, he must be very numb, toothless and with large wounds on his body.
Police have little information on the case, but press spokesperson Towe Hägg confirms that the case is under investigation.
Aftonbladet and Expressen report that the man was taken to hospital after they found him, and the hospital reported the case to police.
Expressen writes that relatives say the then 12-year-old went to school until the seventh grade, but then disappeared from society.
The woman who found the man, says for several years, suspects that the boy was imprisoned by his own mother.
– The mother managed to manipulate society in all the years. It’s horrible that his whole life has been stolen from him, says the relative.
She describes that the apartment was almost like a landfill.
The man’s state of health is said to be very precarious, according to the hospital. He has not been able to be questioned.
Aftonbladet writes that the family describes the woman as a very overprotective mother, who took her son out of school and kept him at home.
