Prosecutors investigate case of girl said to have been hidden by mother and grandparents in Attendorn
An eight-year-old girl has been freed after allegedly being locked away by her mother and grandparents in western Germany since she was less than a year old
leaving her so physically underdeveloped as to be barely able to climb a flight of stairs
is understood to have spent most of the last seven and a half years in a locked room at her grandparents’ house in Attendorn
a town of about 25,000 residents east of Cologne
“She can’t have managed to get much of a glimpse of the outside world,” the prosecutor Patrick Baron von Grotthuss told local newspaper SauerlandKurier
Doctors who examined the girl after she was freed on 23 September found no signs of physical mistreatment or malnourishment, municipal authorities said in a statement
during the examination she reportedly said she had never seen a forest
Grotthuss said she was “barely able to climb stairs on her own or navigate uneven ground”
Why the girl was hidden from the public for nearly her whole life remains unclear
as her mother and grandparents have reportedly declined to give answers during police questioning
who was already separated from the mother at the time of her birth
told SauerlandKurier he had found a note on his car’s windscreen when the girl was about six months old
notifying him of his ex-partner’s intention to move to Italy with the child
named only as “Rosemarie G” by the tabloid Bild to protect her privacy while criminal proceedings are ongoing
informed local authorities she had moved to Calabria
When the child’s father reported to youth welfare authorities in September 2015 that he had repeatedly seen the mother and child in Attendorn
they questioned the girl’s maternal grandparents
but were informed that the pair were residing in Italy
It was only in July this year that local authorities again investigated the whereabouts of the child
after a married couple living in the adjacent municipality of Lennestadt tipped off police about a rumour that the now eight-year-old had been locked away at her grandparents’ house for years
Relatives of the mother told investigators that the pair had never lived in Italy and were contactable via a German landline
a claim that was confirmed when Italian police told the Olpe district youth welfare office on 12 September that the mother and the child had never resided at the Calabrian address they had put down as their new home
police and youth welfare officers found the girl at her grandparents’ home
The public prosecutor’s office in the city of Siegen is investigating the child’s mother and grandparents over false imprisonment and mistreatment of a minor
had not been seen in public since 2015 when she was 18 months old and was reportedly kept in a single room
– The heat index had long ago topped 100 degrees as veteran trout fishing guide Kevin Attendorn welcomed two passengers from the Memphis area aboard the vessel he would use for an afternoon of fishing on the Little Red River
On this sizzling afternoon Attendorn would be using an 18-foot party barge equipped with a 40-horsepower motor and room for six customers
For those of us accustomed to leaving the dock at Lindsey’s Resort sitting in captain’s chairs within arm’s length of our guide on a regular-sized fishing boat
There’s something new on the Little Red River
and not just the spruced up appearance of Lindsey’s Resort since it went through bankruptcy and now is back better than ever thanks to new owners and the willingness to spend money to make money
Not only did the new owners renovate the 45 cabins (new flat-screen TVs
but they also purchased new boats and motors
including – and here is the item that is catching the fancy of customers – two Sun Tracker party barges
said the resort’s party barge business has gotten “really big” in the past two years for a variety of reasons
it can hold more people (six) and is obviously more comfortable than a regular river fishing boat
“There are all kinds of room,” said Attendorn
Everyone that goes out with me in the party barge wants to do it again.”
there’s another reason he likes using the pontoon boat
“I prefer the party barge because I get more people in the boat,” Attendorn said
it’s probably more work because it can be hectic with a lot of people in the boat
but it is so comfortable for my clients.”
August is prime party boat time on the Little Red River
There’s nothing like a smooth ride up river with the 48-degree water of the river providing air conditioning on the hottest of days
“To me it’s like fishing in an air conditioned classroom,” Attendorn said
“It’s the way to go in the summer time
especially for the kids and those who might not be very experienced at trout fishing on the Little Red
and nobody has failed or had to stay after class
Attendorn said he will use one of the resort’s two pontoons 75 percent of the time during the summer
He’s taught his daughter and step son how to fish off a pontoon
making sure that all youth on board wear a lifejacket
A guided fishing trip on a party barge is $260 for one or two people for half-a-day and $310 for a full-day
do party barges work for trout fishing on the Little Red River
“We have been catching a brown (trout) or two just about every outing,” Attendorn said
“We had an 18-inch brown this morning
A couple of days ago I had one on that weighed about four pounds.”
He is part of the First Family at Lindsey’s Resort – son of Terri Lindsey White and her husband Sonny
and his wife Mavis (AKA Nana) and nephew to Terri’s brother Billy
was recently named superintendent at Bull Shoals-White River State Park near Lakeview
replacing Tracy King who left to become Region 2 supervisor for the Arkansas State Parks
and a graduate of what was then Memphis State
Billy becomes only the fourth superintendent at BSWRSP since 1955
an expert chef with a degree in hospitality
was in the restaurant’s kitchen preparing a birthday dinner for Uncle Billy
cousin Colton Lindsey and several other family members and friends
That certainly wasn’t the case in March
the result of a $3 million foreclosure lawsuit filed by its bank
Eight months later it reopened under new ownership
“We like to say that we’ve been here longer than the trout.”
happy days are here again at Lindsey’s Resort
and what better way to celebrate a party then going trout fishing on a party barge
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Ob und wann das aus einem Haus im Sauerland befreite Mädchen seine Verwandten jetzt noch mal wiedersehen wird – unklar
Das Kind sei jetzt bei einer Pflegefamilie untergebracht
sagte am Dienstag der Fachbereichsleiter des Jugendamts im Kreis Olpe
Die Angehörigen dürfen das Mädchen derzeit nicht besuchen
Im Mittelpunkt stehe die Frage: „Was will das Kind?“
Hinter dieser Tür lebte das Mädchen komplett von der Außenwelt abgeschottet
► Mara soll von ihrer Mutter und ihren Großeltern fast ihr ganzes Leben lang in deren Haus in Attendorn (Kreis Olpe) festgehalten worden sein. Erst am 23
September endete der Horror für das kleine Mädchen
noch nie einen Wald oder eine Wiese gesehen zu haben …
Mara ist 8 Jahre alt und kennt nicht mal den Garten hinter ihrem Haus
In diesem Haus in Attendorn (NRW) lebte Mara (8) – weggesperrt von der Welt
Die Staatsanwaltschaft Siegen ermittelt gegen Mutter und Großeltern wegen des Verdachts der Freiheitsberaubung und der Misshandlung von Schutzbefohlenen
dass sie dem Mädchen fast sieben Jahre lang nicht ermöglicht hatten
Die Ermittlungen erstrecken sich aber auch auf ein mögliches Fehlverhalten des Jugendamts
Dieses hatte laut Färber seit Oktober 2020 einzelne anonyme Hinweise bekommen
dass sich die Mutter in dem Haus in Attendorn und nicht wie von ihr angegeben in Italien aufhält
Nach BILD-Informationen durfte Mara selbst diesen Balkon nie betreten
Entscheidend gehandelt wurde aber erst nach einem Hinweis eines Ehepaars im Juli 2022
Laut Oberstaatsanwalt Patrick Baron von Grotthuss könnte möglicherweise in Richtung Körperverletzung durch Unterlassen ermittelt werden
Die Pflegefamilie wird unter anderem von einer „Ergänzungspflegerin“ des Jugendamts unterstützt
das Kind zu schützen – auch vor der Öffentlichkeit
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