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Woman Says Father Put Her in Dungeon
Reuters
Posted: 2008-04-27 12:51:13
AMSTETTEN, Austria (April 27) - An Austrian man has been arrested after a woman said she was abused and kept prisoner by her father for 24 years, bearing him seven children, Austrian police said on Sunday.
Police, who were still trying to piece together details of the case, identified the woman as 42-year-old Elisabeth F.
They said she told authorities her father Josef, who had abused her since she was 11, had lured her into the basement of the block where the family lived in Amstetten in 1984, and drugged and handcuffed her before locking her up in a windowless dungeon.
It was assumed she had disappeared voluntarily when her parents received a letter from her saying they should not search for her.
Police said Josef was in custody but refused to speak about the allegations. His wife Rosemarie had been unaware of what had happened.
Elisabeth gave birth to seven children, one of whom died shortly after being born, according to police.
They said three of her younger children were each left in the house, the first accompanied by a letter saying Elisabeth was unable to care for the baby herself. All were taken in by Josef and his wife as foster or adopted children.
"She had been abused continuously during the 24-year-long imprisonment," the statement said. "This led to six children."
The two oldest children, aged 18 and 19, as well as the youngest aged 5 had been locked up with their mother since birth and had never seen sunlight or received any education, police said at a news conference on Sunday.
The case only came to light when the oldest child became seriously ill and was taken to hospital in Amstetten.
"A 19-year-old girl was dropped off at the Amstetten hospital last weekend," a police spokesman said. "The girl is seriously ill and is fighting for her life."
Doctors appealed the girl's mother, who at that time was believed to have disappeared, to come forward to provide more details about the daughter's medical history.
Josef then brought Elisabeth and her remaining two children out of the dungeon, telling his wife that their "missing" daughter had chosen to return home, police said.
After questioning and assurances that she would have no further contact with her father, Elisabeth agreed to make a "comprehensive statement,"" they added.
Rosemarie, as well as Elisabeth and her children were receiving psychological counseling.
DNA samples of all those involved were taken and would be analyzed, police added.
The case is reminiscent of that of Austrian Natascha Kampusch, who spent eight year locked up in a windowless cell before dashing to freedom in August 2006.
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Sick world we live in.
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That's a pretty bizarre story. Supposedly, the wife didn't know what was going on in the basement. How does that happen?
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I heard about this on CNN, if this is true the guy deserves the death penalty.
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:-\ WTF
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just makes you think whats going on in your own neighborhood :-\ :-\
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just makes you think whats going on in your own neighborhood :-\ :-\
Yup and it is always the quite nice ones who are the killers, molesters, rapists, school shooters.
Almost never the ones you suspect.
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How could his wife be unaware? The kids grew up and she never heard them?
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How could his wife be unaware? The kids grew up and she never heard them?
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I was pondering the same thing
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How could his wife be unaware? The kids grew up and she never heard them?
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The article says "the basement of the block where the family lived". Maybe that means some large apartment building or something instead of a single-family house?
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The article says "the basement of the block where the family lived". Maybe that means some large apartment building or something instead of a single-family house?
Single family residence. Pictures are all over the net now.
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Single family residence. Pictures are all over the net now.
POST SOME
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POST SOME
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7372034.stm
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video with this article.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7371043.stm
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This is the most bizarre thing I've ever heard of....
Interesting that there's some color in the dungeon.
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They also had a tv in there.
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Actually,
our very own perv goatboy was right.
An electrical engineer, Mr. Fritzl owned the small apartment building, renting out a few apartments and living on the top floor. Over many years, he built an underground world for his captives in a warren of cramped, windowless rooms. He provided them with food and clothing, bought outside town to avoid suspicion.
How creepy to have lived/live in one of those apartments.
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sickening.
Death isn't an appropriate punishment.
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The old fart is going to die soon anyway. Probably why he allowed his daughter to go to the hospital when she wanted to be with her daughter.
I feel very sorry for the poor daughter and her kids though. apart from the one in hospital they're in reasonable shape physically, but I can't imagine what's going on in their heads. the five year old knew there was a world with cars outside and was very excited to ride in one.
In some people the human spirit is very resilient, but we all know it can be broken.