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Tyrol Parents Held in Pretrial Custody After 7-Year-Old Was Found Severely Emaciated

The case is testing child-protection checks in a village with no recent school contact.

Overview

  • Doctors in Innsbruck treated the girl in a life-threatening state after her parents brought her in on April 28.
  • Hospital staff alerted authorities under Austria’s protection law the next day, prompting a state police investigation.
  • Prosecutors have placed both parents in pretrial custody on suspicion of prolonged neglect and failing to secure timely medical care.
  • Reports say the child weighed about 14 kilograms and had a serious untreated skin disease that doctors are still evaluating.
  • Officials say she was taught at home despite an order to return to regular classes, and her younger brother is now in protective care.