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| "House of Horrors" AMSTETTEN, Austria (CNN) -- A 73-year-old man has confessed to holding his daughter captive in his home cellar for nearly 24 years and fathering seven children by her, Austrian police say. Austrian police spokesman Franz Polzer says the man, known as Mr. F., has admitted holding his daughter hostage for more than two decades and raping her repeatedly. He also told police that one of the children he fathered by his daughter Elisabeth F was a twin who died. The dead baby's body was burned in an oven inside the house, Mr. F. told detectives. He was making an extended confession to investigators Monday, according to Polzer. Further DNA tests will now be carried out to confirm fatherhood, Polzer said. Elisabeth F, 42, is described as "very disturbed" and having trouble talking to police about her ordeal, reports CNN correspondent Fred Pleitgen. She went missing in 1984, when she was 18 years old, police said at a news conference Sunday. The situation came to light earlier this month after her daughter -- a 19-year-old woman, identified as Kristen F. -- was hospitalized in Amstetten after falling unconscious, according to police. But police said a DNA test later revealed her grandfather, Mr. F., was also her father, according to ORF, Austria's state-run news agency. That sparked a police investigation, which revealed that Mr. F. may have fathered at least six children with his daughter, forcing her and three of the surviving children to live in the cellar of his house, according to ORF's Peter Schmitzberger. The children are now between 5 and 19 years old. On Sunday, police searched the hidden rooms where Mr. F. admitted he kept his daughter and their children, Polzer told ORF. The rooms included sleeping quarters, a kitchen and a bathroom, which Mr. F. told police he built, Polzer said. Conditions in the 50-60 square metres cellar were described as "very dark, narrow and damp, " reports Pleitgen. Kerstin, 19; Stefan, 18; and Felix, 5, remained locked in the basement with their mother, according to police. None had seen the light of day during their entire time in captivity, she told police. Neighbors told ORF they were shocked to hear the news, and had no indication such horrors were taking place in their town. "One can't imagine how it could happen, how nobody could realize anything of what was going on in the cellar of this house," Schmitzberger told CNN. "It's quite unimaginable." A woman identified as Gabriele H. told Austria's Kurier newspaper she thought Mr. F. was a devoted grandfather looking after his abandoned grandchildren. "One who looks after their grandchildren whilst their mother just ran away. We were all asking ourselves what kind of mother would do that to their children?," she said. Another local, Berhard E , who lives opposite the family, told the newspaper: " I am appalled, this is unimaginable and simply not comprehendable." Mr. F. and I grew up together" said Erika Manhalter who lives a few meters away from their house. "We thought this would be a family just like others, but you cannot look through people," she told Kurier. News of the cellar captivity case has also prompted soul searching among Austria's media outlets. "How is it possible that no one has ever heard or seen anying?" Der Standard newspaper asked. "What does it say about the neighbors, relatives, family and friends, but also those who had to deal officially with the family? How could he have been successful keeping people fooled?" Amstetten police say they apprehended Mr. F. and Elisabeth F. on Saturday near the hospital for questioning, after receiving a "confidential tip." Once police assured the daughter that she would never have contact with her father again, "she was able to tell the whole story," Schmitzberger said. Mr. F. lived upstairs with his wife, Rosemarie F., who police said had no idea about her husband's other family living in the cellar. Mr. F. and Rosemarie F. had adopted three of the children that he had with his daughter, according to police. He told his wife that his missing daughter had dropped the unwanted children off at the house because she could not take care of them, police said. Sometime later, Mr. F. brought Elisabeth F. out of the cellar, telling his wife that she had returned home with her two children after a 24-year absence, police said. He took Elisabeth F. to the hospital to talk with doctors about Kerstin's condition, and at that point, authorities became aware of her situation, Sedlacek said. Nothing to say that I haven't already said previously...too disgusted to say anything in polite company. |
| 'Father admits raping daughter, holding her captive' CNN | April 28, 2008 |
| The monster inside still lives; it will always be there. Without education, without maturity, without upgrade, the real monsters don't need to hide in the dark. The true horror lies exposed. -Blackwood, M.D. |
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