--- description: A 10-year-old boy in the Canadian city of London, Ontario, was found imprisoned in a filthy bedroom where he had been kept for at least a year and a half, police said Friday. title: Ontario Boy Found Locked in Filthy Bedroom for Up to 2 Years image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Canadian Boy Found Locked in Filthy Bedroom for Up to 2 Years  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2014 6:28 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2014 6:28 PM CUT A 10-year-old Canadian boy was found imprisoned in a filthy bedroom where he had been kept for at least a year-and-a-half, police said Friday. The boy was discovered by police in the city of London, Ontario, after authorities acted on a tip. Upon investigation, police said they believe the child was kept locked in the room for between a-year-and-a-half to two years. “The master bedroom had an ensuite bathroom so the child had access to a toilet and shower however the room, and the entire house, was in squalid condition,” a police statement said. The 10-year-old was diagnosed as being underweight and malnourished, and turned over to the care of the Children’s Aid Society. The boy’s guardians, his aunt and uncle, have been arrested. Their biological child has been taken into custody as well, though there is no indication, police said, that that child had been locked away in the house. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2800595/canadian-boy-found-locked-in-filthy-bedroom-for-up-to-2-years/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2800595/canadian-boy-found-locked-in-filthy-bedroom-for-up-to-2-years/"},"headline":"Canadian Boy Found Locked in Filthy Bedroom for Up to 2 Years","datePublished":"2014-05-30T18:28:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:08:22.363Z","description":"His caretakers, and aunt and uncle, have been arrested","url":"https://time.com/2800595/canadian-boy-found-locked-in-filthy-bedroom-for-up-to-2-years/","keywords":["Crime","Canada","london"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2800595/canadian-boy-found-locked-in-filthy-bedroom-for-up-to-2-years/","name":"Canadian Boy Found Locked in Filthy Bedroom for Up to 2 Years"}}]}] ```