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Dungeon Takes Physical Toll on Austrian Kids

Stooped children hurt by lack of sun and health care, immunity weakened

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2008 4:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – Doctors have begun to tally the physical toll of a lifetime of imprisonment on the three Austrian children locked in a cellar by their grandfather/father Josef Fritzl. The children all have defective immune systems, are anemic and suffer from a vitamin D deficiency from their...   Read full story »

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