Parents Get Prison Terms After Isolating Their 3 Kids for 4 Years Over COVID Fears
A German-American couple, Christian and Melissa Steffen, kept their three young children—a 10-year-old and 8-year-old twins—locked inside their villa in Spain for nearly four years due to an extreme fear of COVID. The children endured squalid conditions—including a room piled with used diapers—never left the house, had no outside contact, and received no medical care, resulting in severe physical and developmental issues such as difficulty walking, hunched postures, and bowel control problems.The children were discovered after a neighbor’s suspicions led to a police raid, and the parents were…
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