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A 15-year-old German boy, missing for two and a half years, has been found alive in a closet belonging to an alleged pedophile, German police reported.

Police found a boy known only as Marvin K, who first went missing in June 2017, hiding in a closet after they raided the home of a 44-year-old unemployed handyman named as Lars H, in Recklinghausen.

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Lars H was suspected of circulating images of child sex abuse, and a police raid on his home inadvertently uncovered the missing boy, it has been revealed.

On Friday, Dec. 20 at 7 a.m., police raided Lars H’s home with a van and dogs trained to sniff out computer hard drives. Bin bags full of used diapers were discovered during the search, and the house reeked so strongly of urine that officers had to wear face masks.

Officials reported that they soon found Marvin standing uninjured in a dark closet, wearing the same clothes he went missing in two and a half years ago. The teenager was immediately taken into child protection where his mother Manuela, 53, was allowed 10 minutes to speak with him, according to the Daily Mail.