In the refrigerant case, which shocked the world, three small children were discovered in what can only be described as the “House of Horror” in Spain Ovied.
These children were locked by their own parents for more than three years and were forced to live in isolation, far from the world outside, under the guise of the Covid era, which persisted long after the end of the pandemic.
When the authorities combined disturbing details of their imprisonment, it was clear that the full extent of children’s suffering – and scary psychology for their parents’ actions – was even more worrying than anyone could imagine.
Here is what we know about this harmful case and the shocking truths that are still developing.
Three young children were rescued from what was described as the “House of Horror” in Ovied in Spain, after their parents reportedly held inside for more than three years.
This shocking case pointed out global attention, with disturbing revelations of the extreme isolation that children were exposed to, under strict Covid -style restrictions long after the pandemic ended.
Here is everything we know about this tragic situation so far:
When were the children found and how?
The children were rescued on Monday 28th April after the neighbor concerned contacted the authorities two weeks earlier. The neighbor noticed that the children did not participate in schools and were not seen in public for a long time.
Although nothing appeared initially suspected, the police began to watch the house and quickly realized that something was really wrong. Supervision revealed that only his father left the house to pick up mail and food while the rest of the family remained hidden. Other complaints of neighbors who have not seen the family since the end of 2021 have made the police act.
How long have children been closed?
The authorities believe that children, aged 10 and 8-year-old twins, have been locked inside the house-running three years of complete isolation since December 2021. Despite the end of the Spanish restriction of Covid years ago, parents continued to enforce the strict conditions of locking in their home.
During this time, the children had no access to school, no social interactions with anyone outside the household and were still experiencing the outside world-dokonci and their garden were out of the borders.
What did the police discover inside the house?
When the officers entered the house, the father allowed them in, but only after the mother-48-year-old German American woman-on the children placed surgical masks and warned the police that her children were “very ill”. The house was in complete mess, with piles of garbage, unused drugs and surgical masks scattered around the world. The authorities described the situation as unhygienic, some of which called it a “pathogenic environment”.
Despite their age, all three children still slept in their cribs. Their rooms contained defatted dolls and other disturbing objects. One officer described the conditions as “totally outrageous” and unhygienic.
How did children react to the outside world?
The most heartbreaking part of the case was the reaction of children when they were finally exposed to the outside world. According to the investigators, when they were brought out, the children began to breathe deeply as if they had never been outside before. One officer remarked how the children were “crazy” when they saw a snail in the garden and were visibly impressed by feeling the grass under their feet.
It was clear that the children were not only physically limited, but were also mentally and emotionally dwarfed from the years of insulation.
Were the children really ill, as the mother claimed?
Despite the insistence of the mother, that her children were “very ill” and had to be kept inside, medical evaluation did not show any signs of the disease. While the children were well fed and were not undernourished, they were dirty and completely separated from reality.
As an officer said, “Uncraced because they were fed, but they were also dirty … and cut off from reality, not only because they didn’t go to school.”
Who are parents and what accusation do they face?
Parents, a 53-year-old German man and his 48-year-old German-American wife, rented Oviedo’s property in October 2021, with only the name of the father for rent. Both parents have been arrested and faced accusations of domestic violence, including the usual psychological abuse together with the abandonment of the child. They are currently held in preliminary detention without deposit.
What is “Covid’s syndrome”?
The term “Covid’s syndrome” was used by police chief Oviedo Javier Lozano to explain possible motivations for extreme parents’ events. It refers to the persistent psychological effects of pandemic, such as anxiety, paranoia and obsessive concerns about the disease that persisted in some individuals long after the cancellation of the restriction.
Lozano said: “We were all affected by Covid’s syndrome and what the pandemic brought, and we can speculate about what led the family to live for so long.”
In this case, investigators believe that parents’ behavior have been powered by irrational fear of infection, which has led them to isolation of the family for years, even after the society returned to normal.
Experts have pointed to a wider post-pandemic mental health crisis with increasing disorders such as agoraphobia and social withdrawal, but this case excels as one of the most extreme examples of damage caused by these problems.
Where are the children now?
After their rescue, the children were transported to the National Human Rights Center for evaluation and have since been included in the facility for the care of juveniles under the supervision of the Spanish Ministry of Social Care. The authorities assured the public that they were safe and the lengthy process of rehabilitation.
If you are worried about the well-being of the child or have been influenced by this story, you can contact the National Line for Children abuse in the US at 1-800-4-A-Child (1-800-422-4453).
Conclusion
The rescue of these three children from the “House of Horrors” in Ovied has brought a deeply disturbing case of isolation and neglect, raised extensive outrage and concern. The children lasted for three years of imprisonment under the misleading and extreme beliefs of their parents, who kept the conditions in the style of locking long after the end of the pandemic. While the children were physically fed, their years of isolated were emotionally and mentally covered.
It seems that the psychological toll pandemic or “Covid syndrome” played a role in the events of their parents, although it does not in any way justify their treatment of children. Now safe, children receive the care they need and the authorities consider parents responsible for their actions.
This case serves as a grim reminder of the permanent impact that the pandemic of mental health and the importance of vigilance in the protection of vulnerable children had.