US Edition'Ghost Children', 9, and 6, Found on Farm in Heartbreaking Conditions - Liverpool Echo
- Police discovered two young siblings aged nine and six living in filthy, isolated conditions on a remote hillside farm near Lauriano, Italy, on July 1, 2025.
- The discovery followed an emergency evacuation triggered by flooding, which led to surveillance and revealed the children wore nappies, were barefoot, and communicated with a primitive language.
- Their Dutch parents, reportedly reclusive, never registered the children for school or medical care, prompting the Turin Juvenile Court to order their immediate removal.
- The 54-year-old Dutch sculptor, explaining his reasons for keeping the children isolated, expressed to Corriere Torino that his actions were motivated by love and a desire to shield them from dangers such as Covid-19.
- The siblings have been placed under government supervision with foster homes being organized, while it remains uncertain if the parents will face legal repercussions amidst local astonishment over the previously unknown existence of the children.
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In April 2025, floods hit the Piedmont region of Italy. During an evacuation, the authorities discovered the existence of two children on an isolated farm. At the age of 6 and 9, they could not speak, write, read, and still had diapers. - Italy: two "phantom children" discovered in Piedmont (International).
Horror as school age kids found on squalid farm in nappies unable to speak proper language
The siblings, a nine-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister, were found to have never been registered with a school or doctor and were completely unknown to the outside world.
Siblings, 9 and 6, found on farm in nappies speaking only in primitive language - The Mirror
The siblings, a nine-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister, were found to have never been registered with a school or doctor and were completely unknown to the outside world
A couple and their two children were found, handed over to themselves in difficult conditions, on a small farm in the municipality of Lauriano (Italy). The father of the family wanted to live as an autarcian...
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