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  • May 2008

    • Letters Show Fritzl Daughter Meant to Leave Home

      BBC  |  May 8, 08 11:08 AM CDT

      Letters Show Fritzl Daughter Meant to Leave Home

      (Newser) - Elisabeth Fritzl intended to leave home just before her father imprisoned her, letters published in the Oesterreich newspaper show. “After the exams … I'm moving in with my sister and her boyfriend,” the 18-year-old wrote to a friend in 1984. “Cross your fingers for me. When you get this letter, it will all be over,” she wrote just weeks before she disappeared. More »

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    • Fritzl Triggers Change in Austria Sex Law

      BBC  |  May 8, 08 7:41 AM CDT

      Fritzl Triggers Change in Austria Sex Law

      (Newser) - The Josef Fritzl case has spurred Austrian legislators to initiate changes in sex crime laws to prevent child abuse, the BBC reports. As Fritzl kept his daughter imprisoned as a sex slave, he was granted custody for three of the children he fathered with her— despite a rape conviction. His conviction was wiped off the books after 15 years. Austria now wants to keep sex crime records for at least 30 years. More »

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    • Police Think Dungeon Dad Raped Granddaughter

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  May 6, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Police Think Dungeon Dad Raped Granddaughter

      (Newser) - Josef Fritzl might not have stopped at raping his daughter, Austrian police now say, fearing now that Fritzl raped granddaughter Kerstin, the oldest incest child born in his cellar dungeon, the Daily Mail reports. But police aren't able to question the 19-year-old because she is still in an induced coma, though she is now stable and expected to live. More »

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    • Polygamy Hubby Tallies 21 Wives

      CNN  |  May 6, 08 6:18 AM CDT

      Polygamy Hubby Tallies 21 Wives

      (Newser) - A husband in the Texas polygamist ranch where children were seized to protect them from suspected child abuse has 36 kids and 21 wives—with the youngest 43 years his junior, reports CNN. The information on the 67-year-old member—whose youngest child is 6 months old—is included on a "bishop's list" of families kept by the sect. The "bishop" is believed to be leader Warren Jeffs, serving time as an accomplice to child rape. More »

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    • Sister-in-Law: Fritzl's Wife Never Suspected

      Associated Press  |  May 5, 08 5:30 AM CDT

      Sister-in-Law: Fritzl's Wife Never Suspected

      (Newser) - The wife of the Austrian grandfather who kept their daughter imprisoned in a basement under their apartment for 24 years never suspected she was there, her sister tells the AP. Rosemarie Fritzl believed her husband's tale that the daughter he kept as a sex slave ran away from home to join a cult. The two women even “did detective work” to search for the cult, the sister said. More »

    • Fritzl Will Plead Insanity

      Times (UK)  |  May 4, 08 1:28 PM CDT

      Fritzl Will Plead Insanity

      (Newser) - The man charged with imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and repeatedly raping her may not spend long behind bars, reports the Times of London, as Josef Fritzel's lawyer plans to plead insanity to avoid a prison term. “Josef Fritzl is mentally ill and therefore not responsible for his actions," and belongs "in a closed psychiatry ward," Rudolf Mayer said.  More »

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    • 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 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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    • Fritzl Served Time for Rape in 1960s

      Times (UK)  |  May 2, 08 12:02 PM CDT

      Fritzl Served Time for Rape in 1960s

      (Newser) - It seems Josef Fritzl’s daughter wasn’t the only woman he abused. Fritzl was a known sex offender even before his basement of horrors came to light, with prior convictions for a rape, an attempted rape, and public exposure, the Times of London reports. It’s a major embarrassment for Amstetten police, who had claimed Fritzl had no criminal record.   More »

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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • Justices to Weigh Death Penalty for Child Rape

      Washington Post  |  Apr 14, 08 9:02 AM CDT

      Justices to Weigh Death Penalty for Child Rape

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court could forbid the death penalty for child rapists in a major upcoming decision, the Washington Post reports. On Wednesday, the court will hear the case of a Louisiana man who raped his 8-year-old stepdaughter so violently she needed surgery—a case that follows a series of landmark decisions that rolled back capital punishment for the mentally impaired and minors, in accordance with "evolving standards of decency." More »

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