"The story of Josef Fritzl, the man WHO imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for
24 years and fathered her seven children, has been described as one of the worst
cases in Austria's criminal history.
Mr Fritzl, aged 73, emerges as a man who in public appeared to be a respectable
member of the community, living in Amstetten with his wife Rosemarie, with
whom he had seven grown-up children.
But DNA tests have confirmed he had a second, secret family with his daughter
Elisabeth, whom police say he lured into a cellar, aged 18, in 1984 and raped
repeatedly.
She gave birth to seven children, three of whom he and Rosemarie adopted or
fostered. Three children remained in the cellar with their mother.
Police say Mr Fritzl has also confessed to burning the body of a seventh child
shortly after it died in infancy. "
This story brought tears to my eyes and even posting it was so tramatic
I had to wait. I am not posting his picture because I dont want to ever
see his face again. Like his daughter I feel such a repulsion that makes
me imagine I am the one he has violated. The children whose lives he
has ruined to satisy his cravings will never be the same. I imagine
Elizabeth praying for help in those first few months and years and I
know the wait was long. She never gave up hope.......and in this last
attempt she succeeded.
I give Elizabeth his daughter the highest award for managing to
survive this ordeal and I can almost imagine the strenth she is going
to have to pull together to hold her family together. She protected
her children the best way she could have in her circumstances. I
have faith that they will overcome this horrid experience and hope
the media will let them be. I however do wish to know the fate of
Kersten who I have prayed for since April. I look everyday for hopeful
news and I am putting my hopes in the doctors who I feel will do
their best for this young girl who needs their help. The world is a
beautiful place at times and I hope they will have many good times
that will eventually erase their horrors. Yes they will need to change
their names and I hope everyone who is praying for this family
never stops.
New update:
"The state of Kerstin, who has been put into artificial coma while being
treated for a mysterious illness, has also improved. "
