French police rescue a nine-year-old boy reportedly kept in a storage cupboard for about 15 days at a family home in Mérindol, in the Vaucluse department. According to reports, the child is found on Friday living on the bare floor inside a closet that is described as barely more than a metre wide. The boy’s stepfather is arrested and taken into custody in connection with the case. The available accounts do not provide further details about the boy’s medical condition, the circumstances leading up to the incident, or the investigation’s next steps. Authorities are treating the event as an abuse or confinement matter and have initiated procedures following the child’s discovery. The reports consistently describe the location as a family home in Mérindol and the confinement as occurring in an unusually small cupboard for an extended period, with police intervention leading to the boy’s rescue and the stepfather’s arrest.