Overview

• The Audiencia Provincial de Oviedo confirmed on June 11 the provisional imprisonment without bail for the couple, rejecting the mother’s appeal against the May 7 order.
• The 53-year-old German father and 48-year-old German-American mother face charges of child abandonment, illegal detention and psychological maltreatment after allegedly confining their three children since late 2021.
• A neighbor’s tip on April 14 prompted police surveillance and a rescue on April 28 that exposed unsanitary conditions, accumulated trash, unsecured medications and enforced mask-wearing inside the home.
• Authorities discovered two eight-year-old twins and a ten-year-old living without schooling or social interaction, showing signs of malnutrition; they have been housed in a residential care center since the intervention.
• The Consejería de Bienestar y Derechos Sociales has been unable to locate any relatives eligible or willing to assume custody, leaving the Asturian welfare department responsible for the children’s care.