German police free woman from 'squalid' apartment
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Police in southern Germany say a woman found by officers during an eviction may have been held captive by her mother for years.
Officers found the 26-year-old woman Tuesday morning inside a locked room of a "squalid" apartment in the Bavarian town of Rosenheim.
Police said in a statement that her 54-year-old mother was badly injured after falling down stairs in an apparent suicide attempt when officers arrived. They are investigating the possibility of unlawful imprisonment.
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The statement said that "based on the situation of discovery and the initial information of the police it can be assumed that the daughter had been in the room for a long period of time, maybe even years."
The younger woman, who was described as "mentally disabled," has been taken to a specialist hospital.