She was eventually found by police then middle aged and in an emaciated and filthy condition.
French woman locked in attic for 25 years.
Blanche monnier often known in france as la séquestrée de poitiers was a woman from poitiers vienne france who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother for 25 years.
The disturbing picture above is not a still shot from a horror movie but rather is a hospital room photo of blanche monnier a french girl who was kept captive for 25 years in a padlocked shuttered room where she was forced to live amidst pests rats human excrement and filth.
In paris 1876 25 year old.
According to officials monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.
The french socialite locked in her attic for 25 years blanche monnier blanche s brother marcel was first sentenced to 15 months in prison but later released as he never physically restricted his sister s movement.
He even said that it was her choice not to move not that she wasn t permitted to leave.
Loving the wrong man was a serious business in the past as the incredible story of a french young woman who was secretly locked up in a small room for 25 years shows.
The disturbing picture above is not a still shot from a horror movie but rather is a hospital room photo of blanche monnier a french girl who was kept captive for 25 years in a padlocked shuttered room where she was forced to live amidst pests rats human excrement and filth.