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Incest Family Members Meet for 1st Time

Austria reunion goes smoothly; prosecutors weigh murder charge

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 29, 2008 2:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – Members of the family in the Austrian incest case have met for the first time and interacted with "astonishing" ease, an official at the clinic where they're being treated told the AP. Although the children who were imprisoned with their mother had never met their other siblings or grandmother, their reunion on Sunday went smoothly, the clinic director said.

"It was astonishing how easily it happened—how the mother and grandmother came together," said the director. Prosecutors say they are looking into charging Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter captive for 24 years, with “murder through failure to act” of a child who died in infancy. A conviction could carry a 20-year prison sentence in addition to the 15 years he faces for rape.

People  are seen at the backyard of a house in Amstetten, Austria,  where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathering seven children with her, on Monday, April 28, 2008.
People are seen at the backyard of a house in Amstetten, Austria, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathering seven children with...   (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Arerial view of the building in Amstetten, Austria,  center right, with green rooftop garden, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathering seven children with her, three of whom never saw sunlight until they were freed over the weekend. Picture was...
Arerial view of the building in Amstetten, Austria, center right, with green rooftop garden, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathering...   (AP Photo/inflight gmbh)
Forensic officers enter the house of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Austria, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.
Forensic officers enter the house of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Austria, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
People are seen near the backyard of a house in Amstetten, Austria, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathering seven children with her, on Monday, April 28, 2008.
People are seen near the backyard of a house in Amstetten, Austria, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathering seven...   (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
The exterior of josef Fritzl's apartment block is seen in Amstetten, Austria, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Police say 73-year-old Fritzl confessed Monday to holding his daughter, now 42, in a windowless cell beneath the family's apartment in the town of Amstetten, west of Vienna.
The exterior of josef Fritzl's apartment block is seen in Amstetten, Austria, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Police say 73-year-old Fritzl confessed Monday to holding his daughter, now 42, in a windowless cell...   (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Media gather near to the apartment in Amstetten, Austria, on Monday, April 28, 2008, where Josef Fritzl  imprisoned and abused his own daughter for 24-years in a cellar and fathered seven  children with her.
Media gather near to the apartment in Amstetten, Austria, on Monday, April 28, 2008, where Josef Fritzl imprisoned and abused his own daughter for 24-years in a cellar and fathered seven children with...   (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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