[44], In his opening remarks, Rudolf Mayer, the defending counsel, appealed to the jury to be objective and not be swayed by emotions. The tape is said to have been so "harrowing" that the eight jurors did not watch more than two hours at a time. On day one, Fritzl entered the courtroom attempting to hide his face from cameras behind a blue folder, which he was entitled to do under Austrian law. Then, he began to rape her, continuing the nightly visits he had begun when she was just 11 years old. [8][41], Pursuant to the agreement that she would never have to see her father again, Elisabeth Fritzl gave videotaped testimony before Austrian prosecutors and investigators on 11 July 2008. "[71], In April 2019, it was reported that Fritzl's health was declining and that he did not want to live anymore. During her horrific time in the basement, Fritzl assaulted and sexually abused Elisabeth. "We, the whole family, would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for sympathy at our fate," they wrote in their message. Elisabeth helped him carry Kerstin out of the chamber and saw the outside world for the first time in 24 years. [58], It was revealed that Elisabeth and her children were more traumatized than previously thought. The message thanked local people for their support. [60], Lawyer Christoph Herbst, who represents Elisabeth and her family, said, "Fortunately, everything is going very well"; they spend their time answering hundreds of letters from all over the world. #ElisabethFritzl #JosefFritzl The Fritzl case emerged in 2008, when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl (born 6 April 1966) told police in the town of Amstetten, . Her father would lie to her mother and the police, feeding them stories about how shed run away and joined a cult. Today, Elisabeth Fritzl lives under a new identity in a secret Austrian village known only as Village X. The home is under constant CCTV surveillance and police patrol every corner. Elisabeth Fritzl spent 24 years in captivity, confined to a makeshift cellar and repeatedly tortured at the hands of her own father Josef Fritzl. The chief editors of News magazine noted in their editorial that they expected Fritzl's statement to form the basis of the defence strategy of his lawyer. Lisa is born. He suggested that the emphasis on discipline in the Nazi era, during which he grew up until the age of 10, might have influenced his views about decency and good behaviour. Elisabeth was reported to be distraught and close to a breakdown after a British paparazzo had burst into her kitchen and started taking photographs. In 2017, Fritzl paid 462 GBP to have his surname changed to Mayrhoff. His health is rapidly declining and he reportedly doesn't want to live anymore as he rots in prison for turning his daughter into a sex slave. Many believe, however, that theyve done a better job of ensuring her immortality as the girl held captive for 24 years. By 2008, Elisabeth Fritzls children were divided into two worlds. Her father, Josef, stands accused of imprisoning Elisabeth and using her as a sex slave in an underground bunker beneath his house in the provincial Austrian town of Amstetten. Date of Birth: February 26, 1994; Age: 28 years old; Parents: Josef Fritzl (father), Elisabeth Fritzl (mother) The second of the upstairs children, Monika Fritzl, was born on February 26, 1994, in Amstetten, Austria. It is reported that Josef began abusing Elisabeth in 1977 when she was only 11 years old. After opening comments, all journalists and spectators were asked to leave the courtroom, whereupon Fritzl lowered his binder. Her 19-year-old daughter, Kerstin, became extremely sick. JOSEF FRITZL. His father, who was a severe alcoholic, had deserted the family when Fritzl was four, and never again came into contact with him. Fritzl told police that she had most likely joined a cult. He was re-fitting a door to the newly renovated cellar and needed help carrying it. He said: The stigma surrounding Amstetten has gone. It is unknown how long Fritzl kept his mother locked up in his attic, but newspapers have speculated that it may have been up to 20 years. Three of them lived relatively normal lives upstairs. Later that evening, after an anonymous tipoff during a visit to the hospital, Fritzl and Elisabeth are taken into police custody where she reveals her decades-long imprisonment during questioning. Half are the 'upstairs family' - Lisa, 16, Monika, 14, and Alexander, 12 - all fathered by Fritzl in the cramped chambers he dug out beyond his cellar. He noted that Elisabeth's letters seemed dictated and oddly written. The cellar where three of Elisabeth Fritzls children lived in captivity. Elisabeth attempted to teach them with the rudimentary education she herself had, and give them the most normal life she could under their horrific circumstances. Josef didnt just bring the children up to live with him, however. Food could be stored in a refrigerator and cooked or heated on hot plates. The story of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was locked in a cellar and repeatedly raped by her father over 24 years, has stunned the world. She wouldnt emerge for 24 long years. Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features. In 1983, building inspectors visited the site and verified that the new extension had been built according to the dimensions specified on the permit. She graduated from Oberlin College, where she earned a double degree in American History and French. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Monika, Alexander were taken from her. Elisabeth assisted him in removing Kerstin from the chamber for the first time in 24 years. He forced her to return to the chamber, where she remained for a final week. [45][46], On the first day of testimony, jurors watched eleven hours of testimony recorded by Elisabeth in sessions with police and psychologists in July 2008. "Josef Fritzl recognised that Elisabeth was in court and, from this point on, you could see Josef Fritzl going pale and he broke down," Mayer said. [34] In accordance with Austrian law, his criminal record was expunged after 15 years. But though they started at the same place, their lives unfolded in dramatically different ways. Officials said that Fritzl "very plausibly" explained how three of his infant grandchildren had appeared on his doorstep. They also needed treatment to help them cope with all the extra space that they now had in which to move about. But this time, Josef left Felix in the basement. Elisabeth begged her father to take Kerstin to the hospital and, on April 19, Josef obliged. [10], According to Fritzl's sister-in-law Christine, he went into the basement every morning at 09:00, ostensibly to draw plans for machines which he sold to manufacturing firms. The children, now aged between 18 and 32, sleep in rooms with doors permanently open after undergoing weekly therapy sessions to eliminate the traumas they suffered inside the cellar. 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The first of Elisabeth Fritzls children was a girl, Kerstin. Her mother Rosemarie Fritzl was unaware her husband Josef Fritzl had locked their daughter in their soundproof basement, where he raped and tortured for years. I think really something beautiful has emerged and the past has been buried. Fritzl, 85, is serving his life sentence in a special prison unit for the criminally insane in Austria's Krems-Stein prison. But the downstairs children Kerstin, Stefan, and Felix emerged from the cellar pale and stooped, having never seen the sun or taken a breath of fresh air. And their mother, who emerged from the cellar white-haired and gaunt, has taken to shopping, wearing colorful jeans, and driving a car. The children enjoy being outdoors, playing video games, and spending time with their mother and grandmother. The lives of Elisabeth Fritzls children would never be the same. The upstairs children suffered from guilt; the downstairs children found it difficult to bond with their siblings. When Elisabeth Fritzl was 18 years old, her father, Josef Fritzl, locked her in a prison lair he'd built in the family's basement. When Elisabeth was given permission to finally leave the sex dungeon to visit Kerstin in hospital, she was arrested and subsequently told the police about the horrific crimes her father had committed. On 26 April, he released her from the cellar along with her sons Stefan and Felix, bringing them upstairs. The letter, postmarked Braunau, stated that she was tired of living with her family and was staying with a friend; she warned her parents not to look for her or she would leave the country. Josef Fritzl had told his wife that the children were abandoned, and Social Services later approved the couple as foster parents. The cellar home that Josef Fritzl built to keep Elisabeth in. She even gave birth to seven children that resulted from the numerous instances of rape, one of whom died shortly after birth. She was forced to return to the room, where she had spent the previous . She fell in love with her bodyguard, Thomas Wagner - who is 23 years her junior - after spending months together when she was freed, Oesterreich newspaper reported. He later told authorities that his wife couldnt have cared for another child. "Everyone saw from the beginning how secure she felt with him.". She demonstrated for jurors the low height of the ceiling in the cellar dungeon by making a mark on the door to the courtroom at 174cm (5ft 8.5in), and described the cellar as "damp and mouldy," passing around a box of musty objects taken from the cellar, the odour of which made jurors flinch. [29] He grew up as an only child raised solely by his working mother. Stefan Fritzl (b.1990), Lisa Fritzl (b. Elisabeth Fritzl, naci el 6 de abril de 1966. ELISABETH Fritzl endured a hell at the hands of her own father that no daughter should ever have to go through. In 1967, Fritzl broke into the Linz home of a 24-year-old nurse while her husband was away and raped her while holding a knife to her throat, threatening to kill her if she screamed. I could have behaved a lot worse than locking up my daughter. By that point, Elisabeth had reason to be wary of her father. Josef told her mother that she had run away, but Elisabeth had been in the home's basement. She immediately went to the hospital to see her daughter where hospital staff alerted police to her suspicious arrival. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Fritzl's mother, Maria, dies in captivity in Fritzl's attic. The family doesnt allow interviews anywhere within their walls and decline to give any themselves. The decision was based on a supplementary psychiatric report submitted in March. When Elisabeth Fritzl was 18 years old, her father, Josef Fritzl, locked her in a prison lair hed built in the familys basement. Kerstin, the eldest, was born August 30, 1988, Stefan (February 1, 1990), Lisa (August 29, 1992) and Monika (February 26, 1994) followed. Under new identities, Elisabeth now lives with her six surviving children in a tiny hamlet in the Austrian countryside, which is only referred to by the country's media as Village X. In order to reach this door, five locking basement rooms had to be crossed. [11], On 19 April 2008, Fritzl agreed to seek medical attention after Kerstin, Elisabeth's eldest daughter, fell unconscious. Elisabeth gave birth to seven children and three of them remained in captivity with their mother. This, and the severe neglect that Kerstin Fritzl clearly had suffered, roused the doctors suspicions. Grudgingly, Josef agreed to take her to a hospital. Stefan could not walk properly, because of his height of 173cm (5ft 8in), which had forced him to stoop in the 168cm-high (5ft 6in) cellar. Then, read about Dolly Osterrich, who kept her secret lover locked in her attic for years. Fritzl was arrested and served 12 months of an 18-month prison sentence. On August 28, 1984, 18-year-old Elisabeth Fritzl went missing. Members of the Fritzl family were offered new identities, but it was emphasized that it was their choice to make. On April 26, 2008, when Elisabeth was 42, she finally got her freedom. Over the next 24 years, Josef kept his daughter as his captive. Doctors said that she would make a full recovery. As soon as it was on the hinges, he swung it open, forcing Elisabeth inside and knocking her unconscious with an ether-soaked towel. The children, now aged between 18 and 32, sleep in rooms with doors permanently open after undergoing weekly therapy sessions to eliminate the traumas they suffered inside the cellar. As details of the unimaginable horror endured by Elisabeth Fritzl emerged in 2008 from a town in Lower Austria, the world was shocked. The last of Elisabeth Fritzls children, a boy, Felix, was born in 2002. The caller sounds like Elisabeth, but it is assumed that Fritzl used a recording of her voice. Ten years ago the 84-year-old monster was discovered to have kept his daughter Elisabeth in a soundproof dungeon. [3] Shortly after midnight, police officers completed the investigation. On August 28, 1984, Josef called his daughter into the basement of the familys home. [77], The 2009 book, The Crimes of Josef Fritzl: Uncovering the Truth, by Stefanie Marsh and Bojan Pancevski, is about the case.[78]. During the evening, Fritzl releases Elisabeth, Stefan, and Felix from the cellar and brings them upstairs, informing his wife that Elisabeth had decided to come home after a 24-year absence. Their lives and their mothers life abruptly changed in 2008, when Elisabeth Fritzls harrowing 24 years of captivity finally came to an end. She had allegedly known nothing about the events taking place right under her feet and Josef backed up her story. The family received regular visits from social workers, who saw and heard nothing to arouse their suspicions. Their two-storey family home is kept under constant CCTV surveillance and patrolled by security guards, while any stranger caught lurking nearby can expect to be picked up by police within minutes. Shortly afterwards, Rosemarie receives a phone call, asking her to take care of the child. Shock first photos inside Serena Williams' crumbling childhood home, Ana Walshe's pals reveal what 'delayed her fate' after husband charged, Child's body found in search for missing girl, 4, who was 'beaten to death', Missing woman's husband charged with murder after blood found in basement, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Evil Fritzl raped and kidnapped his own daughter, The basement where Elisabeth was help captive for 24 years, Frtizl is now caged for his horrific crimes, The house where Elisabeth was held a prisoner by her own father, Tragic first words of daughter held captive and raped for 24 years by evil dad Josef Fritzl. Elisabeth's other children were brought up by Fritzl and Elisabeth's mother Rosemarie - as he led his wife to believe that they were left at the doorstep by their missing daughter, who was unable to care for them. While in captivity, she gave birth to seven children. She is the youngest of six siblings, three brothers and three sisters. "[10] Later, he expressed a negative opinion of his mother and claimed that "she used to beat me, hit me until I was lying in a pool of blood on the floor. [62] All of the children require ongoing therapy. According to The Guardian, he announced that Elisabeth had decided to come home with Stefan and Felix. So, where are Elisabeth Fritzls children today? In 1984, Elisabeth Fritzl's father locked her in a basement cell in their home in Austria, where he repeatedly raped her over the course of 24 years. On 29 April, it was announced that DNA evidence confirmed Fritzl as the biological father of his daughter's children. Two years later, another baby was born, a boy named Stefan. In reality, Fritzl had been converting the basement into a makeshift prison chamber; the door was the last thing he needed to seal it. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. [48][49] Fritzl's wife, Rosemarie, and Elisabeth's children refused to testify. Josef Fritzl became arrested on expenses of false imprisonment, r*pe, negligent manslaughter, such as inc*st. The ruling was appealed, and in late April 2022, a panel of three judges decided that Josef Fritzl could be moved. She was raped and tortured by her dad Josef Frtizl. How Was Elisabeth Fritzl Found? [16] His defence lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said that although the DNA test proved incest, evidence was still needed for the allegations of rape and enslavement. She was subjected to daily rapes and was held captive in squalid conditions where she gave birth to seven of her father's children in darkness. Investigators concluded that this was an empty threat to frighten the victims; there was no gas supply to the basement. Under new identities, Elisabeth now lives with her six surviving children in a tiny hamlet in the Austrian countryside, which is only referred to by the country's media as Village X. Before he took Kerstin out of the basement, Elisabeth slipped a note in her pocket. [7], Following the fourth child's birth in 1994, Fritzl allowed the enlargement of the prison, from 35 to 55m2 (380 to 590sqft), putting Elisabeth and her children to work digging out soil with their bare hands for years. She delivered the baby alone with only a book on pregnancy, which her father had begrudgingly provided her, as a guide. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Fritzl repeated his story about Elisabeth being in a cult, and presented what he claimed was the "most recent letter" from her, dated January 2008, posted from the town of Kematen. [50] She did not plan to see her father again. Elisabeth Fritzl, commonly referred to as the girl in the basement, was born on April 6, 1966, in Austria to Josef Fritzl and Rosemarie Fritzl. He hardly ever spoke to her', "Josef Fritzl, the 'ordinary' pensioner and the dark secret of the daughter he held captive for 24 years", "Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. The father of Elisabeth, Josef Fritzl, maltreated and raped her daughter several times at the basement of their family home. 3 An 18-year-old Elisabeth Fritzl was kidnapped by her own father Credit: Collect A newer building was added after 1978 when Fritzl applied for a building permit for an "extension with basement." [citation needed], On 28 August 1984, after Elisabeth turned 18, Fritzl lured her into the basement of the family home, saying that he needed help carrying a door. The Fritzl case emerged in 2008, when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl (born 6 April 1966) told police in the town of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father, Josef Fritzl (born 9 April 1935).Fritzl had assaulted, sexually abused, and raped his daughter repeatedly during her imprisonment inside a concealed area in the cellar of the family home. Elisabeth had seven children, but one died - all of which were fathered by her evil captor. But by 1984, it seemed that Elisabeth might finally escape his control. In 2021, Lifetime released a film inspired by the Fritzl case titled Girl in the Basement which is part of Lifetime's "Ripped from the Headlines" feature films. A staff writer for All That's Interesting, Kaleena Fraga has also had her work featured in The Washington Post and Gastro Obscura, and she published a book on the Seattle food scene for the Eat Like A Local series. Instead, she followed her father into the cellar, where he knocked her unconscious with ether and tied her to a bed with a metal chain. The children, along with their mother, have also made day trips, including swimming outings, on which care was taken to keep them out of reach of the paparazzi and to protect their privacy. Fritzl lures 18-year-old Elisabeth into the basement and imprisons her. [6], After Elisabeth's disappearance, Rosemarie filed a missing persons report. All of the children might have genetic problems common to children born of an incestuous relationship. For the next 24 years, the inside of that cellar would be the only thing Elisabeth would see. [9] He also told them that they would be electrocuted if they tried to meddle with the cellar door. Take good care of my little girl I breastfed her for about 6 1/2 months, and now she drinks her milk from the bottle. But for Elisabeth Fritzl this tale is no scary movie, it was her life, which was retold in Lifetimes Girl In The Basement. Her father Josef told the policeman who came to the house that he had no idea where she would go, but that she likely joined a religious cult, something she had talked previously about doing. Elisabeth Fritzl was kidnapped by her father and imprisoned in a cellar for 24 years, the kidnapping resulted in the birth of seven children. The house was to be sold on the open market. Over the next 24 years, Elisabeth Fritzl would give birth to five more children. Josef Fritzl was born on 9 April 1935, in Amstetten, Lower Austria. Kerstin is born, and lives in the cellar until the age of 19 in 2008. Drei dieser Kinder hielt er ebenfalls von ihrer Geburt an bis 2008 in der Kellerwohnung . It left me feeling totally humiliated and weak. Click here to upload yours. Helpfully, Elisabeth Fritzl and her children also have new identities so that they can make a fresh start. Joseph Fritzl. But Josef Fritzl wouldnt forget. The children, now aged between 18 and 32, sleep in rooms with doors permanently open after undergoing weekly therapy sessions to eliminate the traumas they suffered inside the cellar. Two years later, however, she fell pregnant again, this time carrying to term. At 18-years-old the Austrian teenager was kidnapped, raped and tortured by her dad Josef Fritzl for 24 years and became a mother to seven children. About a year and a half later in February 1990, Elisabeth gave birth again, this time to a boy, Stefan. Kerstin, Stefan and Felix spent their entire lives in the cellar until they were freed in 2008. There are reports that he is suffering from dementia. [3], Over the next 24 years, Fritzl visited Elisabeth in the hidden chamber almost every day, or a minimum of three times a week, bringing food and other supplies, and repeatedly raping her. [33] According to an annual report for 1967 and a press release of the same year, he was also named as a suspect in a case of attempted rape of a 21-year-old woman, and was known for indecent exposure. [63] Elisabeth was said to be estranged from her mother, Rosemarie, who accepted Fritzl's story about Elisabeth joining a cult and did not pursue the matter further, but Elisabeth allows her three children who grew up in Josef and Rosemarie's house to visit their grandmother regularly. There, doctors wanted more information on Kerstin's medical history and made public pleas for the mother to come forward. January 12, 2023 by Jacob Emmanuel. His brother, Michael, had died a few days after birth. [3] One child died shortly after birth, and threeLisa, Monika, and Alexanderwere removed from the chamber as infants to live with Fritzl and his wife, who were approved by local social services authorities as their foster parents. Elisabeth was held captive with three of her children. While most neighbours approved of the proposal, some preferred that the property be demolished due to its sordid history. The police eventually grew suspicious of Josef and reopened the investigation into Elisabeth Fritzls disappearance. But he tricked her, and knocked her unconscious with an ether-soaked towel. "That is why I had to do something; I had to create a place where I could keep Elisabeth, by force if necessary, away from the outside world." "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. He married at age 21, to a 17-year-old Rosemarie. In March 2009, he pleaded guilty to all counts and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The captives had a television, a radio, and a videocassette player. Usually, it was every day. It is not known how long Josef Fritzl intended to keep his daughter captive in his basement. He had gotten away with it for 24 years, and for all the police knew he was going to continue for another 24. The "downstairs" children receive therapy due to their deprivation from normal development, the lack of fresh air and sunshine while living confined in the basement, and the abuse that they and their mother had received from Fritzl when he visited them in the basement. It has also been revealed that normal everyday occurrences, such as the dimming of lights or the closing of doors, plunge Kerstin and Stefan into anxiety and panic attacks. He retired from active employment when he turned 60 in 1995, but continued some commercial activities. . 10. Hed also given her scissors, a blanket, and diapers, though he didnt check on Elisabeth and Kerstin until 10 days after she was born. On August 28, 1984, 18-year-old Elisabeth Fritzl went missing. Those held captive in the cellar needed extra therapy to help them adjust to the light and space of the outside world. He doesnt want contact with others, and all together it looks as though he has resigned himself to dying.. 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