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Fritzl Daughter Finds Love With Bodyguard

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 1, 2009 2:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Elisabeth Fritzl has “renewed strength” after beginning a relationship with her bodyguard, the Telegraph reports. Fritzl, 42, was held captive in an Austrian cellar and raped by her father, Josef, for 24 years; she and her six children by her father are now under... Read full story »

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