Then the police also reopened the missing case of Elisabeth’s disappearance. The police broadcasted on the media and asked the missing mother to come forward. The medical staff found some aspects of his story puzzling so they alerted the police. Later he claimed to have received a letter from Kirsten’s mother and discussed the condition with the doctor Albert Reiter.
She was taken by ambulance to the local hospital Landesklinikum Amstetten and was diagnosed with a life-threatening kidney failure.
But he forced her to return to the chamber and he got Kirsten to the hospital. This was the first time Elisabeth saw the outside world in twenty-four years. She fell unconscious so Elisabeth helped carry her outside the chamber. In 2008 Josef Fritzl agreed to let Elisabeth and Kirsten outside for the first time as Kirsten need urgent medical attention. But Fritzl lied to them all that there were “faulty pipes” or the gas heating system. A tenant who rented the ground floor for twelve years shared that he heard noises from the basement. He often stayed for the night and did not even allow his wife to get him coffee. According to his family members who were unaware of what is going on they saw him going to the basement every morning at 09:00 to draw plans for a floor room. He also would sometimes punish them by not bringing them food or water. They cooked and heated it on the hot plates.įritzl told Elisabeth and three of her children Kerstin, Stefan, and Felix who lived with her that they will be gassed if they tried to escape. The captives had a TV, television and radio and food can be stored in the refrigerator. He gave Elisabeth and her kids the gruelling task of digging out soil with their bare hands for many years. The family even received visits from social workers who came to know nothing about the abuse going on.Īfter the birth of the fourth child born out of incest in 1994, Fritzl enlarged the prison as the space was limited. Officials later shared that Fritzl seemed very plausible when he was explaining how three of his infant grandchildren ended up on his doorstep. They were also approved by local service authorities and the children grew up unaware of their birth details. He left the child on the doorsteps of his house and lied to the family that they were the children of Elisabeth left by her to so that the grandparents can look after them. One child died shortly after the birth and other three named Lisa, Monika, and Alexander were removed by Fritzl from the chamber and started to live with him and his wife Rosemarie. In the process, Elisabeth gave birth to seven children. He started to use her as his slave to gratify his desires and constantly raped her. He brought her food three times and water supplies. Josef Fritzl visited Elisabeth in the hidden chamber in the basement almost every day. Plus, Fritzl also told the police that his daughter has joined a cult.Īlso read: Story of La Pascualita: A Dummy in A Bridal Shop Window in Mexico What happened to Elisabeth in the basement in 24 years? She also warned her parents not to search for her otherwise she will flee the country. The letter was postmarked from Braunau and it stated that Elisabeth was tired of living with her family and she was staying with her friend. After a month Fritzl gave the letter to the police the first of several letters which he forced Elisabeth to write when she was in captivity. Then he threw her inside the chamber.Īfter the family noticed Elisabeth has disappeared, her mother Rosemarie filed missing persons report. When Elisabeth was holding the door in a place he held an ether soaked towel on her face and she fell unconscious. But he was actually converting the basement into a prison chamber and the door was the last thing he needed to seal it. On 28 August 1984 when Elisabeth Fritzl was eighteen years old, her father Josef Fritzl lured her into the basement of their family home by telling her that he needed her help. How does Elisabeth Fritzl become trapped? She rejoined the waitress course and completed it in mid-1984. Later she ran away from her home and went into hiding with her friend.īut the police found her three weeks later and returned her to her parents. When she turned fifteen she did a course to become a waitress. According to the reports, her father started to sexually abuse her when she was just eleven. She was born on 6 April 1966 in Amstetten, Lower Austria.
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