From the age of 12 to 41, the boy only left the family apartment a few times.

Because he was suffering from malnutrition and in very poor health, he was taken to hospital.

The French newspaper "Le Parisien" - in its report - said that the Swedish authorities announced, on Tuesday, the arrest of a 70-year-old woman, suspected of imprisoning her son for 28 years.

According to police spokeswoman Ula Austerling, "The mother is suspected of unlawfully depriving her of liberty against her son and causing bodily injuries."

The 41-year-old son was discovered in a small apartment building in the modest neighborhood of Hanning on the outskirts of Stockholm.

He had infected wounds, was malnourished, had lost nearly all of his teeth, and was barely able to walk and speak.

According to the daily newspapers Expressen and Aftonbladet, his mother forbade him to go to school when he was 12 years old.

The prosecution confirmed in a statement that "the communication was submitted by a female relative of the family after seeing the son."

The newspaper added that the police did not confirm the details of the son's health condition, but specified that he was hospitalized.

For her part, the mother denied all these facts.

In the neighborhood, when she was meeting her neighbors at the grocery store, she talked little and had no relationship with them.

According to the family’s relative who discovered the son’s imprisonment, and whose testimony Expressin quoted anonymously, “There was urine, dirt and dust, and a foul smell was emitted from the place. No one had cleaned for years, and the piles of garbage made moving inside the apartment difficult.”

"I feel shocked, disgusted and at ease as well. I have waited for this day for 20 years because I realized that she was completely in control of his life, but I did not imagine that it had reached this point."

A neighbor who worked at the grocery store told Aftonbladet that he always saw the mother alone.

Another neighbor reported that she saw the son in the grocery store this summer. "I know who you are, you are my neighbor," he said, adding that he saw her from the window.