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Dungeon Girl Wakes From Coma

Reunited with freed mom after life in cellar

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 10, 2008 5:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – A teenager held captive her entire life in an underground dungeon with her mother and siblings has awoken from a seven-week coma, reports the Daily Telegraph. Kerstin Fritzl, 19, was reunited with her mother and other family members in a secure medical ward after flickering... Read full story »

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