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Captivity Story

Police in Austria have went to a cellar where a man had supposedly held his daughter captive for 24 years, during that time he may have fathered seven children by her.
The basement area had a very narrow hallway and several rooms, said Franz Polzer, .
“Authorities accessed the area after the father told them how to unlock a hidden door using a code only he had known.”
Detectives say Elisabeth Fritzl had been missing since August 29, 1984.
Now aged 42, the woman was found after a tip to police. Her 73-year-old father Josef Fritzl has been arrested and is being held in custody.
"It means they have a better idea of what Elisabeth Fritzl was going through.” But it also means the ...

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children, aged 18 and 19, and the youngest aged 5, had been locked up with their mother since birth and had never seen sunlight or got any education, police said.
Josef's wife Rosemarie was not aware of what happened to her daughter and it was assumed she had disappeared voluntarily when her parents received a letter from her saying they should not search for her.
Three of Elisabeth's younger children were each left on her parents' doorstep, the first accompanied by a letter saying she could not look after the baby herself.
All were taken in by Josef and his wife as foster or adopted children and went to school as normal.
Police said Elisabeth only agreed to talk after the authorities promised she would not have to have see her father again and the children would be taken care of.
The mother and children are now being treated in hospital by a team of psychologists.
DNA tests are being carried out to determine whether Fritzl is the ...

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Added: 3/28/2011 09:21:15 PM
Submitted By: chopsdankk09
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