The Fritzl case emerged in April 2008 when a 42-year-old woman, Elisabeth Fritzl, stated to police in the town of Amstetten in Austria that she had been held captive for 24 years in a concealed part of the basement of the family home by her father, Josef Fritzl, and that he had physically assaulted, sexually abused, and raped her numerous times during her imprisonment. The incestuous relationship forced upon her by her father had resulted in the birth of seven children and one miscarriage. Three of the children had been imprisoned along with their mother for the whole of their lives: daughter Kerstin, aged 19; and sons Stefan, 18; and Felix, 5. One child, named Michael, had died three days after birth, deprived of all medical help; his body had been incinerated by Josef Fritzl on his property. The three other children were raised by Josef and his wife Rosemarie in the upstairs home. He had engineered the appearance of these children as foundlings discovered outside his house: Lisa at nine months in 1993, Monika at ten months in 1994, and Alexander at fifteen months in 1997. When the eldest daughter, Kerstin, became seriously ill, Josef Fritzl allowed her to be taken to a hospital, which triggered a series of events that eventually led to discovery. He was arrested on 26 April 2008, aged 73, on suspicion of serious crimes against family members and will go on trial on 16 March 2009. He faces the following six charges: murder of the infant Michael, rape, deprivation of liberty, coercion, enslavement and incest.
Reading this bizarre piece of news made me sick and angry at the same time. Not only do I feel sympathetic towards Elizabeth Fritzl and her kids, I also felt disgust and hatred for Josef Fritzl. How could the guy rape his own daughter and father 7 to 8 kids with her?? To make things worse, he locked all of them in an underground cellar that is way too small and shut them off from the rest of the world, treating them like slaves/prisoners. And due to lack of exposure to sunlight, the former captives are extremely pale (think Michael Jackson) and cannot endure natural light. This Josef Fritzl is truly inhuman and unforgivable, to think he could do this to his own flesh and blood! I really hope that he gets punished for his sins. Who cares if he's too old to get a sentence!! I want to see justice done onto him asap. What Josef did is morally wrong, to think he can cover up his mistakes by locking his own flesh and blood in an underground cell for more than 2 decades.
More info on the story can be found here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case
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