Trapped in Time: The Shocking Story of Three Children Locked Away by COVID-Fearful Parents for Three Years
Imagine being locked indoors for three years—not by a crippling home renovation, nor by a Netflix binge gone wrong—but by your own parents’ COVID-19 paranoia taken to dizzying extremes. That’s exactly what happened to three young siblings in Oviedo, Spain, who were allegedly imprisoned by their parents under “obsessive” and “delusional” fears of the virus long after the world turned the page on strict restrictions. These kids hadn’t seen sunlight or grass since 2021, and their home was a bizarre shrine to COVID anxiety—filled with trash, stacks of masks, medications, and even unsettling children’s drawings hinting at deep psychological scars. It makes you wonder—how do you protect your family without turning your home into a prison? And at what point does caution cross into cruelty? Let’s unravel this chilling story that’s part modern-day horror and part cautionary tale about the hidden fallout from the pandemic’s mental toll. LEARN MORE
“All three children began to breathe deeply, as if they had never been outside before,” that’s how an investigator described the condition of three young siblings who were rescued from a home in Oviedo, Spain.
For three years the children were effectively imprisoned by their own parents under what police describe as “obsessive” and “delusional” COVID-19 fears.
- Three siblings in Oviedo, Spain, were trapped indoors for 3 years due to their parents’ extreme COVID-19 paranoia.
- Parents arrested for domestic violence, psychological abuse, and child abandonment.
- Home was filled with trash, medication, masks, and disturbing children’s drawings, indicating severe mental distress.
The siblings—8-year-old twins and a 10-year-old—had reportedly not left their house since late 2021, and were living in conditions authorities deemed hazardous to their mental and physical health.
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