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  • May 2008

    • 'I Am No Monster': Fritzl

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 7, 08 11:37 AM CDT

      'I Am No Monster': Fritzl

      (Newser) - Josef Fritzl complained today about receiving bad press since admitting to keeping an incestuous second family locked in his Austrian cellar, the Telegraph reports. "I am no monster," Fritzl said through his lawyer, calling his treatment “unfair” and calling the media's narrative “entirely one-dimensional” because it neglected the fact that he kept his dungeon family alive for over 20 years. More »

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      child abuse  • Josef Fritzl  • sexual abuse  • Austria  • incest  • Amstetten, Austria  • Kerstin Fritzl  • prosecutors

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

    • Cops Launch Global Hunt for Pedophile

      BBC  |  May 6, 08 8:29 AM CDT

      Cops Launch Global Hunt for Pedophile

      (Newser) - Interpol has launched a worldwide appeal for help in tracking down a man suspected of sexually abusing young boys, the BBC reports. Pictures of the man abusing boys 6 to 10 years old in Southeast Asia were found on the hard drive of a convicted pedophile in Norway. Police think the images date from around 2000-01. A similar appeal last year led to the quick arrest of another high-profile suspect. More »

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      child abuse  • sexual abuse  • pedophile  • Interpol

    • 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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      rape  • child abuse  • polygamy  • Yearning for Zion ranch  • Warren Jeffs  • child rape  • Eldorado

    • 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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      child abuse  • Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • Amstetten, Austria  • child neglect  • coma  • Kerstin Fritzl

  • April 2008