Brazilian police have rescued a woman and her two children, who had been kidnapped by the father himself for 17 years, and tied them up and locked them in an abandoned house.
The Peruvian newspaper “Expresso” said that the woman and her two children, aged 17 and 22, were confined to an unlivable room in an abandoned house located in the western part of Rio de Janeiro, and were able to be released after the Brazilian authorities received an anonymous complaint. What happens at home.
The authorities detained the kidnapper’s father, Luis Antonio Santos Silva, who tortured his children with visible signs of malnutrition, said Military Police Captain William Oliveira, who was involved in the arrest.
Investigations revealed that Santos Silva locked his family for 17 years in a room made of cement filled with moisture and without air.
His wife told the Brazilian authorities that she had not seen the light of day in 17 years and that they did not eat food without the permission of her husband, and the children did not want to talk and were showing signs of fear and anxiety.
The newspaper pointed out that until now, it was not known why the father detained his wife and children in such an inhumane manner and for such a long period.