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Fritzl's Wife Visits Incest Dungeon

Rosemarie picks up toys and clothes for daughter, her kids

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 16, 2008 10:34 AM CDT

(Newser) – Rosemarie Fritzl visited her husband's incest dungeon for the first time last week, the Guardian reports. She received police permission to visit the house—still a crime scene—where Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth for 24 years, spending about 40 minutes there and emerging... Read full story »

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