The “ghost brothers”, 6 and 9 years old will be given for adoption: the father kept them segregated in the Piedmontese woods for fear of Covid and other viruses

They nicknamed them “Ghost brothers” Because the little ones, 9 and 6 years old, nobody has ever seen them. The father, a 54 -year -old from the Netherlands, kept them locked up for at least three years in a farmhouse in Lauriano, Piedmont.

Initially the fear was the one who contacted the Covid but did not vaccinate them, nor did it allow them to wear the mask, Then he slipped into terror that other viruses contracted. With a 38 -year -old wife “absent” and officially homeless (second The Republic), he thought of protecting them from the world by hiding them from everyone’s sight, in the woods. When the April flood, however, forced the eviction from the farmhouse in which they lived, the carabinieri found a situation of considerable discomfort. The little ones did not know how to write, read, even speak and still wore the diaper.

Given the parental inadequacy, they are about to be declared adoptable From the Prosecutor of Minors who started the procedure, after being taken over by the psychologists of the social services of the Ciss of Chivasso and entrusted to a protected community.

The two children were not recorded at the Italian registry office (they were born in Germany) and therefore have no identity. The father said that the arrival of the brothers dates back only a couple of weeks ago and that they were instructed at home, but the painful hygienic-sanitary conditions And total insulation have shown another story.

There Mayor Maria Baccolla He told La Repubblica that it is “a very delicate story. The aspect that worries us most now – he says – is that these children can finally find a balance and have access to a life worthy of the name».