Brazilian kept wife in cellar for 16 years: police

[mawilson 2,133]

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian man has been arrested on suspicion of keeping

his wife locked in a squalid basement for 16 years while he lived with

another woman in the same house.

Acting on a tip, police on Wednesday found Sebastiana Aparecida Groppo, 64,

in the cellar of the house in the city of Sorocaba in Sao Paulo state.

The floor of the roughly 130-square-foot (12-square-meter) cellar was

littered with feces and dead cockroaches, Sorocaba police inspector Ana

Luiza Salomone told Reuters on Thursday.

"She was found without clothes wrapped up in a blanket," said Salomone,

adding that the windows had been shuttered and were covered in mold.

Joao Batista Groppo and the woman who had been living with him both were

arrested on charges of illegal imprisonment. The husband, also 64, told

police that he had locked up his wife of 42 years because she was mentally

ill and aggressive.

Salomone said Groppo had apparently kept his wife imprisoned for two periods

totaling 16 years, the second coming after 2003 when their son died in

an accident.

The wife showed signs of mental problems that could have been caused by

her captivity, Salomone said, but showed no signs of being aggressive and

had no serious health problems.

Groppo and his companion could face up to eight years in prison, she said.

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[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Shoulda married an American guy.

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

[Danno 1,228]

Sounds like he put her in time-out,

and forgot all about her.

Doncha hate when the party is over?

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[mawilson 2,133]

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Edited February 2, 2011 by elmcitymaven

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QUICK: BAN CELLARS SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!!!

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