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  • May 2008

    • Fritzl Owes Millions, Further Clouding Kids' Future

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 4, 08 9:22 AM CDT

      Fritzl Owes Millions, Further Clouding Kids' Future

      (Newser) - Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl is millions of euros in debt, adding to the challenge of his daughter’s recovery from years of sexual abuse and imprisonment, and the children's painful adaptation to the outside world, the Guardian reports. Now in a clinic near their old home, the family’s recuperation will take years, experts say. More »

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    • Fritzl's Lawyer Sees 'Good But Also Bad' in His Eyes

      Der Spiegel  |  May 3, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Fritzl's Lawyer Sees 'Good But Also Bad' in His Eyes

      (Newser) - Josef Fritzl's attorney is bonding with his client and painting a new picture of him for the press, Der Spiegel reports. “Josef Fritzl is being portrayed as a horrific monster and sexual tyrant," said Rudolf Mayer, a renowned Viennese lawyer. "My job is to show him as a human being." Mayer said he looked into Fritzl's eyes and gleaned much of his psyche in their first meeting. More »

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      Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • incest  • lawyer  • Amstetten, Austria  • legal defense  • Rudolf Mayer

    • Fritzl Neighbors Knew He Was Raping Daughter

      Times (UK)  |  May 3, 08 7:56 AM CDT

      Fritzl Neighbors Knew He Was Raping Daughter

      (Newser) - A tenant who lived in Josef Fritzl's house for 4 years in the early '80s knew the Austrian father was abusing his daughter Elisabeth, the Times of London reports. The lodger said he was told of the abuse by a neighbor, who had helped the teenage Elisabeth escape to Vienna—only for police to track her down and return her to her father, who later imprisoned her in a cellar for 24 years. More »

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      rape  • Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • incest  • Elisabeth Fritzl  • abuse  • Amstetten, Austria

    • Police Quiz Ex-Tenants of Fritzl House

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 2, 08 8:20 AM CDT

      Police Quiz Ex-Tenants of Fritzl House

      (Newser) - A former tenant who lived just above the basement where Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter recalled wondering why his electricity bills were so high and why food disappeared from his kitchen, AFP reports. Police are tracking down the 100 or so lodgers who lived at the Fritzl house in the last 24 years, hoping to shed more light on what occurred there, the Guardian notes. "We want to talk to all of them," an officer said. More »

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    • Fritzl Told Victims He'd Gas Them

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 1, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Fritzl Told Victims He'd Gas Them

      (Newser) - Josef Fritzl threatened to gas his captive daughter and their children if they tried to escape, the Guardian reports, claiming he had rigged a toxic-gas system in the basement. Meanwhile, the possibility of an accomplice arose for the first time today, when a 12-year lodger at the house said he had seen another man, identified as a “plumber,” go into the basement, reports the BBC. More »

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    • Dungeon Kids Adjusting to Sunlit World

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 1, 08 11:44 AM CDT

      Dungeon Kids Adjusting to Sunlit World

      (Newser) - Stefan and Felix Fritzl were awestruck by the moon, nudging each other, pointing, giggling with joy, the Guardian reports of the boys' first days outside the windowless Austrian cellar they grew up in. The pair, aged 18 and 5, had only seen the sky on television. Now, they’re adjusting to the “real world,” marveling at everyday objects and developing a tolerance for sunlight. More »

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    • Austrian Father Veered From Loving to Brutal

      Times (UK)  |  May 1, 08 6:26 AM CDT

      Austrian Father Veered From Loving to Brutal

      (Newser) - Barbaric grandfather Josef Fritzl spent hours like a "normal" dad watching car racing on TV with the three dungeon children he fathered with his sex-slave daughter, reports the Times of London. But he also severely beat the children and his daughter, Elisabeth, who was raped repeatedly in a padded room in the cellar where she was imprisoned for 24 years, investigators believe. More »

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  • April 2008

    • Austrian Dad May Be Linked to Old Murder

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 30, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Austrian Dad May Be Linked to Old Murder

      (Newser) - The 73-year-old Austrian man who has confessed to fathering seven children by his imprisoned daughter is being investigated in connection with a 20-year-old murder case. Police say that a teenager assaulted and killed in 1986—near property owned by Fritzl's wife—bore an "incredible" resemblance to his daughter, reports the UK Times . More »

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      murder  • rape  • Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • incest  • Amstetten, Austria

    • Austrian Town Holds Vigil for Dungeon Family

      BBC  |  Apr 30, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Austrian Town Holds Vigil for Dungeon Family

      (Newser) - Hundreds of people gathered last night for a candlelit vigil in the Austrian town where a man locked his daughter in a basement dungeon for 24 years and fathered her seven children. Emotional residents stood in the rain to demonstrate solidarity with the captive family, the BBC reports. "We want to show that Amstetten is not a town for criminals," said the mayor. More »

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      kidnapping  • child abuse  • Josef Fritzl  • incest  • Elisabeth Fritzl  • Amstetten, Austria

    • Dungeon Takes Physical Toll on Austrian Kids

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 30, 08 4:32 AM CDT

      Dungeon Takes Physical Toll on Austrian Kids

      (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 time in a 650-square-foot cellar. None had ever seen daylight, a doctor or a dentist before their release, reports the Times of London. The oldest, 19, has already lost most of her teeth. More »

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      Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • incest  • Elisabeth Fritzl  • Amstetten, Austria

    • Austrian Father Hid Dungeon Expertly

      BBC  |  Apr 29, 08 9:13 PM CDT

      Austrian Father Hid Dungeon Expertly

      (Newser) - Austria's Josef Fritzl hid his underground dungeon—in which he imprisoned his daughter and three of their children—so well that police couldn't find it without his hands-on help. The BBC pieces together a look at the 650-square-foot area in his cellar that Fritzl used to hide his secret family. He got into the dungeon via a 3-foot concrete door hidden beneath shelves in his cellar workshop—and only he could open the electronic lock. More »

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    • Incest Family Members Meet for 1st Time

      Associated Press  |  Apr 29, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      Incest Family Members Meet for 1st Time

      (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. More »

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      kidnapping  • child abuse  • Josef Fritzl  • incest  • Austria  • Amstetten, Austria  • child rape

    • DNA Confirms It: Man Fathered Own Grandkids

      CNN  |  Apr 29, 08 9:55 AM CDT

      DNA Confirms It: Man Fathered Own Grandkids

      (Newser) - DNA testing has confirmed the bizarre tale of Josef Fritzl, who confessed to imprisoning his now-42-year-old daughter Elisabeth in his basement for 24 years and fathering seven children by her. The test confirms the parentage of all six surviving kids —one twin died shortly after childbirth, CNN reports. The children apparently believed that Fritzl was only their grandfather. More »

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      kidnapping  • rape  • DNA  • Josef Fritzl  • incest  • Elisabeth Fritzl  • Rosemarie Fritzl

    • Austrian Incest Father Nabbed Earlier in Sex Crime

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 29, 08 4:45 AM CDT

      Austrian Incest Father Nabbed Earlier in Sex Crime

      (Newser) - An Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter as a sex slave in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering her seven children is a convicted sex offender, the London Times reports. No details were immediately available, but neighbors reported avoiding the home of Josef Fritzl, 73, because of rumors he had raped a woman. More »

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      kidnapping  • rape  • sexual abuse  • Austria  • incest  • sexual assault  • captivity

    • Man Admits to Imprisoning Daughter

      Reuters  |  Apr 28, 08 9:51 AM CDT

      Man Admits to Imprisoning Daughter

      (Newser) - A 73-year-old Austrian man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a basement dungeon for 24 years and fathering seven children by her, Reuters reports. The daughter, now 42, told police yesterday her father, Josef Fritzl, drugged and handcuffed her in 1984, locking her in a windowless labyrinth. The father, an engineer who owns a clothing business, denies rape charges. More »

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    • Austrian Man Held Daughter Captive 24 Years

      Associated Press  |  Apr 27, 08 2:32 PM CDT

      Austrian Man Held Daughter Captive 24 Years

      (Newser) - A 42-year-old Austrian woman missing since 1984 has been found—in her father’s cellar, where she says he kept her prisoner for 24 years. Elisabeth F. told police her father, Josef F., began sexually abusing her at age 11, and locked her in the cellar when she turned 18,  fathering her 7 children over the next two and a half decades. One child died days after birth because of improper care; Elisabeth says her father burned the corpse. More »

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      kidnapping  • rape  • Austria  • incest  • child rape  • captivity

    • Father, Daughter Have Love Child

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Apr 9, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      Father, Daughter Have Love Child

      (Newser) - An Australian father and daughter, reunited after 30 years, have had a daughter together, reports the Sydney Morning Herald . "I knew it was illegal, of course I knew it was illegal, but you know, so what," said the baby daddy/granddaddy. He called the sexual relationship "absolutely fantastic." The two were charged with incest and banned from having sex, and are being monitored by police. More »

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      Australia  • incest  • father  • daughter

  • January 2008

    • Separated at Birth, Twins Marry

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jan 11, 08 11:35 AM CST

      Separated at Birth, Twins Marry

      (Newser) - A British court has annulled the marriage of a couple who learned they were twins separated at birth, the Telegraph reports. Their identities and the specifics of their romance remain secret, but a member of the House of Lords who have access to the details said the siblings had felt an “inevitable attraction.” More »

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      incest  • House of Lords  • annulment

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