A teenager, identified as Marvin K , and who had been missing for more than two years has been found alive in the closet of a suspect distributing child pornography in Germany in the same clothes he wore when he disappeared , as reported by the police.

The 15-year-old boy was found last Friday during a police search in Recklinghause n, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Police were searching the home of a 44-year-old man, Lars H. , Suspected of distributing child pornography, when they ran into the child. " Officers discovered a child in the closet . An investigation showed that it was a child under 15 who had been missing for a long time," Recklinghausen police said in a statement.

According to CNN, there was no indication that the child was being held in the apartment against his will . The child remains under police protection and has not been identified to protect their privacy.

The boy disappeared from the social protection shelter where he lived in 2017 , but until now the researchers had no sign of him. Marvin was 13 years old when he disappeared from a care center he had been taken to after his father's death. The child said goodbye to his caregivers before leaving with friends on June 11, 2017 , in the city center. Marvin sent a last WhatsApp message at 11:37 and then his phone was turned off forever .

Although the police did not want to give details to protect the child, it is known that together with the 44-year-old man, his 77-year-old father was also arrested and that he lived in the same apartment, but was subsequently released.

The boy's mother told the German newspaper Bild that he barely recognized his son and described him as an "old man with a bad appearance." "The man with whom he was found must have manipulated him," he said. "I go crazy thinking about it all the time," he added.

"He hugged me very tightly and began to shake. He said: 'Mom, take me home. I was locked up for two and a half years and I couldn't breathe fresh air . ' We both cried. He took my hand and didn't let me go," his mother declared.

Neighbors of the apartment block said they had never seen the teenager , but occasionally came to hear screams from a man from the apartment

During the search, a police tracker trained to detect electronic devices found several data storage units in the apartment . The team is now being investigated.

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