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The patient started speaking & did not stop. He gave his name, said that he was 32 years old & had spent most of his life held captive by his father & stepmother, who locked him in his room for ~23hrs a day.

At the hospital, he continued his story. He had been trapped for 2 decades…. He hadn’t seen a doctor or a dentist in 20 years. Sometimes he was fed a sandwich. His teeth were so decayed they often broke when he ate. He was 5’9”, but weighed only 68 pounds.

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