German arrested in France for holding wife 'captive' for 12 years

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FORBACH (France) — French police on Monday (Aug 7) said they had arrested a 55-year-old German man after his wife was discovered naked in a poor state following what she said was 12 years in captivity at the couple's home.

But her husband denied this and added that his wife was suffering from cancer and that he was caring for her.

But he later told a news conference that initial examinations had not found fractures or bruises, contrary to media reports. He said her bald head and her skinny frame could be due to cancer and her semi-nude state could be explained by the fact that the police went to their flat in the morning to detain her husband."The current state of investigation appears us to move away from the spectre of a Bluebeard of the Moselle region," the prosecutor added, a reference to"Bluebeard", a French folk tale about a wealthy man who murders his wives.

 

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