The child told the authorities that she was going to move to italy, leave germany with her daughter, but in fact, they suspect, she actually remained with the child in her parents house, the child s grandparents house, for the best part of the child s life, for seven years. during that time, she managed to keep her existence in this town of 20,000 people a complete secret. you can imagine that the authorities are under a you can imagine that the authorities are undera fairamount you can imagine that the authorities are under a fair amount of pressure to explain why that was the case, why no one raised an alarm, and in fact, why they didn t respond to several tip offs about the child s present, earlierthan several tip offs about the child s present, earlier than they actually did. i understand the child was freed in september. why has this case only come to light now? it s september. why has this case only come to light now? come to light now? it s not clear. i exect it come to lig