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A 42-year-old woman was found "days away from death" after allegedly being confined in her room for 27 years by her parents. ‌

The severely malnourished woman, known only as Mirrella, was last seen in public in 1998 when she was 15 in the city of Świętochłowice in southern Poland. It's claimed that locals were told the teenager had gone missing - but nearly three decades later, she was discovered, having never visited a dentist or a hairdresser. ‌

The alarm was raised in July when police were summoned to an apartment block following reports of a disturbance from neighbours. Deputy Inspector Anna Hryniak told Polish newspaper Fakt that the 82 year old landlady denied any altercation taking place, reports the Mirror . ‌

Police spoke to Mirrella who assured the

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