If the Aussie Father/Daughter was bad, this is....?

[artplumber]

Police say Austrian man raped daughter, fathered 6 children

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_re_eu/austria_captive_daughter;_ylt=ApfM4OH4LiQUNDG1ERMB F9Os0NUE

What is is with the Austrians. Story mentions another guy who imprisoned a teen girl....

[aap1966]

Surely you're not confusing Aussies (Australians) with Austrians?????
I thought that sort of confusion was an urban myth.

We're the big place down south with kangaroos and koalas. The other place is next to Germany with mountains and lots of yodelling.
Amazingly, Crocodile Dundee and Sound of Music was not filmed in the same place.

[svandamme]

i know for fact that they have kangaroos and koalas in Austria
me thinks you are just trying to cover up Aap

[Joeaksa]

Peter,

This is simply sick, sick, sick. The Aussie case the daughter knew that he was her Father but in this case it was abuse lasting over 30 years.

Much more is now coming out. He actually fathered 7 kids, and one passed shortly after birth.

The daughter had evidently been drugged and hand-cuffed, then taken down in the celler while in her late teens, and has never been out since. Three children who were in the celler with the Mother had never been out and had never seen the sunlight in their lives!

What blows me away is that 3 of the kids were brought up into the main house to live with the father and his wife (not sure if she is the Mother) said that she had no idea where the kids came from nor where the missing girl was! This all came out when a 19 year old daughter became ill and was taken to the hospital. Once there everyone began asking where the Mother was and it all started coming out from there.

The girl, Elisabeth F, has now told the police that she was sexually abused by the father since age 11. The only way that the police could get her to even open up was to promise that she nor her children would ever have to see the father again.

Sad and how in the world can she be expected to lead any sort of a normal life after this?

Joe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7370285.stm

[Joeaksa]

From the BBC, the timeline.

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The events included are based on an Austrian police statement issued after the arrest of the 73-year-old father.

28 AUGUST 1984

The suspected abductor, Josef F, allegedly lures his daughter Elisabeth into the cellar of their house, drugging and handcuffing her before locking her up.

DATE UNKNOWN

Josef and his wife Rosemarie receive a letter in Elisabeth's handwriting saying they should not try to look for her. Rosemarie is unaware of the truth, Elisabeth later tells police.

1988-89 (APPROXIMATELY)

Kerstin, the first of seven reported children, is secretly born (exact date unknown) and raised in the cellar. She is followed shortly by a brother.

1993

A baby is discovered outside the family home along with a letter from Elisabeth saying she cannot care for it. It is taken in by Josef and his wife. A second infant appears in 1994. Both are either fostered or adopted, and are raised by their grandparents.

1996

Twins are born to Elisabeth but one dies shortly after birth and is allegedly taken away and burnt by Josef. The following year, a third infant appears at the house, and is taken in like the previous two, to be raised by grandparents.

2003

A letter arrives from Elisabeth to say she had another baby in December 2002. This child is believed to have been brought up in the cellar along with Kerstin and her brother.

SATURDAY 19 APRIL 2008

Police issue an appeal to missing person Elisabeth F to contact them about her daughter Kerstin, who has been admitted to hospital in Amstetten with a serious illness.

19-27 APRIL 2008

At some point during the week, according to the police statement, Josef releases Elisabeth and the two other children in the cellar, telling his wife Rosemarie she has chosen to return home.

SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2008

Police discover Elisabeth and her children at the house.

SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2008

Police announce the arrest of Josef on suspicion of incest and abduction. All the children are placed in care and Elisabeth is given medical and psychological treatment. Kerstin remains in hospital "fighting for her life".