CONTENT WARNING: CHILD ABUSE

A six-year-old girl has been removed from her parent’s care after police found her trapped in a room where they believe she spent her entire life.

Officers were called to a home in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo to conduct a welfare check last week when they made the disturbing discovery.

They found the girl alone, locked up in a dark room, The Sun reported.

A photo shows a grubby half unmade bed with a sad looking teddy bear propped up against a damaged wall.

Police later discovered that the child had never been to school, had not been vaccinated and devastatingly, had never learned how to talk.

When she was found, she communicated with officers using only sounds before she was taken to hospital, and later moved to a children’s home.

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