Argentinian man accused of locking wife and autistic son in cage
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Version 0 of 1. An Argentinian man kept his troubled wife and autistic son in a filthy cage by day for at least two years, a prosecutor said Saturday. Prosecutor Alejandro Pellegrini said police found the dirt floor cell at the house of 66-year-old Eduardo Oviedo in the city of Mar del Plata, acting on a complaint by two of his other children. Pellegrini said Oviedo’s wife, 61, has psychiatric problems and the 32-year-old is autistic. He described the cell as a cage with bars and an iron door that was locked from the outside. Old mattresses, rubble and bricks, as well as pet food, were found inside. “The house also had a room in the worst of human conditions where the woman and son spent the hours of the night,” he said. Oviedo was arrested Friday and brought before a judge on Saturday. He declined to make a statement. Pellegrini said he would undergo psychiatric evaluation. Pellegrini said that several other children lived nearby but did not denounce the situation for fear of their father. |