It’s a chance which made it possible to discover the incredible isolation of Sven and Liamtwo young children aged 6 and 9. In April 2025, while the Italian authorities carried out evacuations in the Foothills After violent floods, they come across a remote farmin Lauriano, where the two boys live … Completely invisible to the eyes of society, says the Stampa.
Children are registered anywhere: neither in civil status, nor in any school, nor in the health system. For local authorities, it is as if they had never existed.
Private school children, care
The shock is immense: they can neither read nor write, and still wear diapers. However, their father, a 54 -year -old Dutch sculptor, claims to offer them an “alternative education”.
“They each have a computer, toys, music instruments, ski equipment. In summer, they ride on horseback. It is not mistreatment, “he explains to the investigators.
But for the authorities, the observation is quite different. THE Turin Miners Court immediately opened a investigation And entrusted the children to a host family, believing that parents are unable to ensure their protection.
A paranoid father unknown to the neighborhood
The man, obsessed with the viruses and the covid-19, lived as a hermit. He did not speak Italian, did not go to anyone in the village and have hidden his children for years. The mayor of Lauriano, Mara Baccolla, confirms: “I did not know him. He was very reserved. I crossed it only once, during its installation. He was alone. »»
Retain
Two undeclared children were found on an isolated farm in Lauriano (Italy).
Their father, Obsessed from COVIDraised them in secret, without school or care.
The children were placed and a judicial investigation is underway.
