Elizabeth Fritzl- A mother first

"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. "