It was 2015 in Dos Hermanos, Spain, when a police officer escorted an elderly drunk man home. No one could have predicted what law enforcement would find inside. After seeing a chained and padlocked door in the home, the officer demanded to see what was on the other side.
Beyond the door there was a set of stairs leading to a small, roofless room with a single inhabitant. The 59 year old man was naked, frail, emaciated, and covered in his own urine and feces - living locked away in the utmost horrible conditions, with no running water or bathroom. The captive was the youngest brother of the drunk man and his sister who lived with him. The siblings claimed they had him locked away for his own safety due to his mental health problems and also claimed they kept him adequately fed and administered his necessary medications.
It is unclear how long he had been kept in the room intended as a pigeon coop, but medical records showed he hadn’t been to a doctor since 1996. The tortured individual was taken to a hospital while his cruel siblings were arrested for crimes against moral integrity, bad treatment in a family setting, and illegal detention. The names of the family members have not been released.