Invaded to help mother-children who were detained by their father for 17 years, deprived of water and severe starvation, almost unable to survive
Invade to help mother-daughter being “detained” by father – AFP and BBC Brazilian police are deploying to help a woman and two children aged 19-22, who have been held at home for more than 17 years, reported on July 30.
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The suspect in the attack was the woman’s husband. The victims were rushed to hospital for treatment due to severe malnutrition and dehydration.
The suspect, later known as Mr Luiz Antonio Santos Silva was arrested and taken for questioning
A Brazilian woman has spoken of her ordeal of being imprisoned – along with her two children – by her husband for 17 years. The family was rescued from a house in the Guaratiba neighbourhood, in the west of Rio de Janeiro. /G1 RJ/
The report said police were asked for help from neighbors. Forces were later brought in to inspect a house in a poor west of Rio de Janeiro, “two of the woman and the suspect’s children were tied up, drowning in excrement and starving. Rio de Janeiro police said.
While local media said the mother of three had not eaten for three days several times, and was also the victim of both mental and physical abuse. As a result, the two children were physically no different from those who started their teenage years. And so traumatized that officials thought they might not survive another week if they were in this situation.
The woman who was the mother was so weak that she might hardly speak. But officials also received preliminary information that he was married to Mr Silva for 23 years and that Mr Silva had threatened his family to leave the house only following his death.
An old stove inside a room in the house where the mother and two children were held captive for 17 years. RIO DE JANEIRO MILITARY POLICE/EPA
Named by authorities as Luiz Antonio Santos Silva – and his wife had been married for 23 years. After being rescued, the mother told authorities the three imprisoned family members would sometimes go without food for three days. /G1 RJ/
Captain William Oliveira of the military police said in comments quoted by Brazilian newspaper O Dia that he initially thought the two were children because of their level of malnutrition. /G1 RJ/
After being rescued the three were immediately taken to hospital to be treated for severe dehydration and malnutrition, local media report. /G1 RJ/
Her husband, named as Luiz Antonio Santos Silva, with whom she had been married for 23 years, had told her she would only leave his home “when you’re dead,” she said. /G1 RJ/
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