Youth locked in box-room for two years by his father without food or water
Thursday, July 7, 2016 @ 7:10 PM
POLICE in the Greater Madrid region have arrested a man who kept his teenage son locked in a box-room in the family home for two years.
When they released the 19-year-old, he was found to be dehydrated, malnourished and disoriented, very underweight and with cuts and bruises from having been beaten several times a day by his father.
His father is said to have 'responded violently' when the police got involved.
The young man had managed to send an email to the 'women and family assistance' unit of the National Police, via atencionfamiliaymujer@policia.es, giving his sister's email address and phone number.
She was contacted, and once officers confirmed the authenticity of the plea for help, went to her brother's home in Rivas Vaciamadrid.
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