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NEWS ABOUT: Elisabeth Fritzl

Elisabeth Fritzl stories: 52 news summaries

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Fritzl Will
Plead Insanity

Lawyer says man who raped daughter for 24 years' is mentally ill, not responsible for actions

May 4, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(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... More »

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rape • sexual abuse • plea • insanity • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria

Fritzl Owes Millions, Further Clouding Kids' Future

Family living in clinic won't see funds from his property

May 4, 08 9:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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rape • sexual abuse • debt • recovery • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

Fritzl Neighbors Knew He Was Raping Daughter

Ex-tenant, others didn't report abuse before she was imprisoned

May 3, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(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—... More »

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

Police Quiz Ex-Tenants
of Fritzl House

Former lodger
recalls missing
food, high utility bills

May 2, 08 8:20 AM CDT
(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... More »

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 Fritzl Told Victims
 He'd Gas Them 

Sister-in-law says he'd 'spend whole nights down there'

May 1, 08 2:16 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Dungeon Kids Adjusting to Sunlit World

Fritzl children finding fresh air, cows, cell phones fascinating

May 1, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Austrian Father Veered From Loving to Brutal

Fritzl beat dungeon children, then
bought them gifts

May 1, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(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... More »

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 Austrian Town
 Holds Vigil for
 Dungeon Family 

Horrified residents gather in support of victims

Apr 30, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Dungeon Takes Physical
Toll on Austrian Kids

Stooped children hurt by lack of sun and health care, immunity weakened

Apr 30, 08 4:32 AM CDT
(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.... More »

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

Austrian Father Hid Dungeon Expertly

Police couldn't find it; hidden concrete door has electronic lock

Apr 29, 08 9:13 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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DNA Confirms It: Man Fathered Own Grandkids

Austrian 'horror dad' appears in court, will remain in custody

Apr 29, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Man Admits to Imprisoning Daughter

Fathered 7 children over 24 years, some raised in basement cell

Apr 28, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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