A 9-year-old was found locked in a van since 2024, malnourished and unable to walk ^10.3%

AP News - 4/11/2026, 10:38 AM

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PARIS (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has been rescued after living locked in his father’s utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor. The child has been hospitalized, and his father detained. Police were alerted by a neighbor to the “sounds of a child’’ coming from a van on Monday in the village of Hagenbach,... more