
Boy rescued in France after living in his father's van for over a year
A 9-year-old boy in Hagenbach, eastern France, was rescued by police after living in his father’s utility van since November 2024; he was severely malnourished and could no longer walk, found naked and shrouded by a blanket amid trash and excrement. The father is in custody on preliminary kidnapping charges, his partner faces charges for failing to help a minor, and the boy’s 12-year-old sister and the partner’s 10-year-old daughter were placed in social services as investigators determine who knew about the confinement.













