Prosecutors declare Fritzl mentally fit to stand trial. They move to a secret location and are given new identities. Kerstin is revived from an artificial coma and joins her mother and siblings. An improvised birthday party is held for the 12-year-old.Īustria's chancellor, Alfred Gusenbauer, vows to protect the country's image with a campaign abroad, saying: "We won't allow the whole country to be held hostage by one man." June 2008 Those held captive are getting used to space, light and especially the different food, officials say. His daughter and the children are looked after together in the isolated wing of a medical clinic, under the 24-hour supervision of a multi-disciplinary care team. Police say Fritzl refuses to answer any questions in the wake of his initial signed confession. Later in the day hundreds of people in Amstetten take part in a candle-lit gathering to express their solidarity and outrage. Officials report an "astonishing" reunion between Elisabeth, now 42, and two of the three children who had lived with her in the cellar – brothers aged 15 and five – with her other children. As Kerstin remains in hospital, in a serious but stable condition, Fritzl appears before a magistrate and is remanded in custody. Police announce that DNA tests confirm that Fritzl is the father of Elisabeth's children. He confirms to investigators that one of their children died in infancy and that he had taken the dead body and thrown it into an incinerator. Monday 28 Aprilįritzl confesses to imprisoning Elisabeth in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children. All the children except Kerstin meet for the first time, and Elisabeth is reunited with her mother.
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Fritz gives police the code to unlock a hidden door to a basement living space made up of a network of tiny windowless chambers. All the children are placed in care and Elisabeth is given medical and psychological treatment. Police announce the arrest of Fritzl on suspicion of incest and abduction. During police questioning, Elisabeth, now 42, reveals her decades-long imprisonment. Elisabeth's children are found at the house. Saturday 26 AprilĪfter receiving an anonymous tip-off, police arrest Fritzl, who is with Elisabeth near the Amstetten hospital where Kerstin is being treated. 19-26 AprilĪt some point during the week, according to the police statement, Fritzl releases Elisabeth and the two other children from the cellar, telling his wife Rosemarie she has chosen to return home. When Kerstin falls into a coma, doctors call the police, who issue an appeal to missing person Elisabeth Fritzl to contact them. Fritzl takes her to hospital in Amstetten and tells doctors Elisabeth had left the sick girl with him. Kerstin, Elisabeth's 19-year-old daughter, becomes critically ill.
This child is brought up in the cellar along with Kerstin and Stefan. 2003Ī "letter" arrives from Elisabeth to say she had another son, Felix, in December 2002. Officials have said the hidden family may have been left with food stores to see them through such absences. 1997Ī third infant, the surviving twin, Alexander, "appears" at the house, this time aged around 15 months, and is taken in like the previous two, to be raised by Fritzl and his wife.Īccording to media reports Fritzl goes to Thailand for four weeks, one of several such trips. The body is allegedly taken away and disposed of in an incinerator by Fritzl. Twins are born to Elisabeth but one is said to have died shortly after birth. Along with Lisa, she is raised by Fritzl and his wife. 15 December 1994Ī second baby girl, Monika, appears in exactly the same circumstances.
Ī nine-month old baby, Lisa, is "discovered" outside the family home in Amstetten, along with a letter purportedly from Elisabeth saying she cannot care for her. Another child, Stefan, is born soon after, and is also kept underground. Kerstin, the first of seven reported children, is secretly born (exact date unknown) and raised in the cellar. Rosemarie, the mother, is unaware of the truth, Elisabeth later tells police. A month later they receive a letter in Elisabeth's handwriting, purportedly from her, saying they should not try to look for her. 29 August 1984Įlisabeth is reported missing by her parents. 28 August 1984įritzl lures Elisabeth into the cellar of their house, drugging and handcuffing her before locking her up for the next 24 years.
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