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A German girl's mother and grandparents allegedly held the 8-year-old captive in their family home for seven years. Police say the mother apparently faked a move to Italy.
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly kept locked inside her house for the whole of her life by her mother and grandparents in Germany.
After spending most of her life in the locked room, she was "barely able to climb stairs on her own or navigate uneven ground," officials said.
"The girl has never seen the outside world," according to a senior prosecutor in western Germany.
German prosecutors have launched an investigation into the case of an 8-year-old girl who was secretly locked away for most of her life. A probe is underway into how child welfare officials appear to have been duped.