The girl who lived 5 years in a closet

This is one of those incomprehensible stories that we should never tell. However, what happened with Lauren Kavanaugh , deserved to be known to corroborate once again, how far human evil is able to go. This girl who now leads a normal life and is constantly supported by thousands of people around the world through social networks, tries to cope with all the aftermath that remained after spending 5 years of his life, in a very limited space .

In a closet of 1.20 by 2.70 meters. For what reason? Because their parents wanted it that way, because in that way, they could satisfy their dark desires of incomprehensible and cruel torture.
Life inside a closet
Lauren was only 3 years old when she was confined in a closet. You may yourself, at your age, fear the darkness. It is possible that you could see the cupboards as those dimensions inhabited by the cobwebs and those ghostly entities that every child creates in their childish world.

In the world of this Texas girl , the monsters did not live in closets, but in her own home. Her mother and her father decided that while her other brothers would lead a normal life, she would leave it in a closet in her room. It would only come out from time to time, to feed her, bathe her or abuse her.

To this day, Lauren Kavanaugh remembers perfectly that confinement and mistreatment to which she was subjected. The way her mother bathed her, dipping her head in the water, or how her father put out cigarettes on her skin. We prefer to ignore many of these data, as well as avoid showing you the photographs of the closet in which this little girl spent five years of her life. The images of the state in which he was when the social services found it, are also not pleasant and can undoubtedly hurt the sensibility of many of us. It is not easy to assume.

But how was this possible? Sometimes it is hard for us to find a logical explanation for something, which simply does not exist. The doctors and psychiatrists indicate that after the first abuse that the girl received, both parents chose, simply, to hide it in the closet. Like a doll to be taken from the eyes of the world, and to be taken out only once in a while.
The rest of his brothers often heard their screams and they were the ones who finally commented with their neighbors, who had a sister who almost did not see, but who cried a lot. When the social services and the police found Lauren, they could not believe what they were seeing. He was 8 years old and weighed only 11 kilos. Her condition, it was unfortunate, so much, that they feared for her life when they took her to the hospital.

We must think that the ages between 3 and 8 years, represent a vital stage for the physical and emotional development of a child. And all these aspects, were cruelly altered in Lauren. He had to undergo numerous reconstructive surgeries in order for his organs to function properly. Not to mention, that his cognitive and emotional development has not yet been able to recover completely.

Lauren never knew what it meant to play, what was a smile, a caress or a kind word. Today she is 21 years old and has had to overcome many depressions and some suicide attempts. But she lives with a family that loves her, that helps her and cares about her. He also has 3 dogs that he adores. That make him laugh, that encourage him to understand that the world is still a worthwhile place.

Meanwhile, his parents are serving life in prison . Far, far away from this girl who destroyed life.