But the case is not clear-cut. Beverly Wuthrich, the mother, pleaded guilty last year to child neglect. Investigators found out that she had recently registered a business with the suggestive name “Ultimate Fantasies,” though no business transactions were ever conducted.

To further complicate matters, Beverly has admitted that she and her husband, Andreas, have an unspecified blood relationship, though their marriage is legal under Swiss law. She remains optimistic, though, about Raoul’s future. “I’m pretty confident my son is going to be found not guilty,” she says.