Have you heard of the Worst Incest Case in the World? About the Austrian father who held her daughter captive for 24 years and eventually fathered 7 of kids with her.
It's sick and gives chills down my spine. He started raping her at the age of 11 and convinced everyone that she run away at the age of 18, when in truth he kept her in the cellar/basement together with 3 of her children. The other 3 was raised with the grandparents, one died soon after birth.
How could someone do such a thing? My jaw dropped when I found out about this story. It's creepy and sucks my belief of goodness in people out of me (well, at least for the time being).
Here is a timeline of what happened...
1977: Elisabeth Fritzl claims she was first abused by her father Josef when aged 11.
1984: Elisabeth is allegedly lured into house cellar, drugged and handcuffed by her father. She is forced to write letters saying she has run away.
1988: Her first child, Kerstin, is born.
1989: Elisabeth gives birth to her first son, Stefan.
1993: Nine-month-old Lisa is left on the doorstep of the Fritzl house.
1994: Another child, Monika, arrives and is adopted by the Fritzls.
1996: Elisabeth gives birth to twins, but one dies after three days. Josef allegedly burned the body.
1997: Alexander, the surviving twin, joins the children upstairs.
2003: A letter from Elisabeth arrives saying she had a second son, Felix, the previous year. He is raised in the cellar.
2008:
April 19: Kerstin is taken to that hospital after falling serious ill. Doctors discover that her grandfather is her father.
April 20-27: Josef releases Elisabeth, Stefan and Felix and tells his wife they are returning.
April 26: Police pick up Josef and Elisabeth near the hospital where Kerstin is being treated.
April 27: Josef admits his guilt after Elisabeth's statement.
April 28: Police search house and discover cramped cellar with special security door.
April 29: Josef appears in court.To know more about the story, visit the
cnn.com site. More stories at
USA Today and
Herald Sun.
