
France Rescues 9-Year-Old After Years Locked in a Van
In Hagenbach, eastern France near the Switzerland-Germany border, police freed a 9-year-old boy found malnourished and unable to walk after reportedly being kept in his father’s van since November 2024; the father is in custody on kidnapping and related charges, the partner faces a failure-to-help-a-minor in danger charge, the boy’s sister and the partner’s daughter were placed in social services, and investigators are determine who else knew of the confinement. The boy reportedly had no prior psychiatric history and had done well in school before disappearing.













