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  • May 2008

    • Domineering, 'Perverse' Fritzl Feared at Local Brothel

      Scotsman (UK)  |  May 7, 08 4:15 AM CDT

      Domineering, 'Perverse' Fritzl Feared at Local Brothel

      (Newser) - Josef Fritzl was a regular at a brothel near his Austrian town and the prostitutes there feared him and shunned him whenever they could, the Scotsman reports. His domineering, "perverse" demands terrified the women, said a bartender. Among customers "95% are normal and 3% are a bit weird. Fritzl belongs to the remaining 2% that are definitely mentally ill," the man added. More »

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    • Daughter May Sue Fritzl for Compensation

      Reuters  |  May 6, 08 4:58 PM CDT

      Daughter May Sue Fritzl for Compensation

      (Newser) - Austrian incest victim Elisabeth Fritzl may sue her father for compensation, Reuters reports. "There is the possibility of claiming compensation for imprisonment and the damage that has been incurred by it," said a lawyer for Fritzl, whose father/captor reportedly is deeply in debt. "Now it is all about evaluating his financial circumstances. Does he actually have any wealth?" 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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    • Fritzl Spent Years Planning Dungeon

      AFP  |  May 5, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Fritzl Spent Years Planning Dungeon

      (Newser) - Joseph Fritzl’s plot to imprison his daughter began when the girl was just 12, Austrian police believe, six years before he finally locked her away. Fritzl built an extension to his house between 1978 and 1983, AFP reports. “The intention must have been there to build a secret area, a small dungeon,” said the chief investigator. 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 »

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    • 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'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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    • 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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    • Dungeon Daughter Will Probably Die

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 2, 08 9:31 AM CDT

      Dungeon Daughter Will Probably Die

      (Newser) - Kerstin Fritzl, the eldest of Josef Fritzl’s “downstairs family,” has slipped into a coma from which she is unlikely to recover, the Daily Telegraph reports. “She is suffering from multiple organ failure,” said a hospital spokesman. “That means her chances of survival are very low.” Police say they will consider bringing murder charges against Fritzl if the girl dies. 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 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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    • 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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    • 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

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