![]() ![]() ![]() Over the next two decades, he frequently raped her, and she gave birth to seven children one of whom died shortly after birth. 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. The children, aged between 20 and 34 as of February 2023, reportedly slept in rooms with doors permanently open after undergoing weekly therapy sessions to eliminate the traumas they suffered inside the cellar. While in captivity, she gave birth to seven children. She now lives with her six surviving children in a tiny hamlet in the Austrian countryside, which also cannot be identified and only referred to by the country’s media as ‘Village X’ Where is Elisabeth Fritzl now?Įlisabeth was given a new name following the trial, with strict laws to prevent her identity being revealed. It was terrible.' Two years later, Elisabeth was pregnant again. Now she had to bring up grandchildren as well. She then went on to provide cops the horrifying account of her 24 years in captivity and Fritzl was arrested and eventually jailed. 'Frau Fritzl had already had seven children. But he deceived her and knocked her unconscious with an ether-soaked towel. ![]() imprisonment inside a concealed area in the cellar of the family home. He was re-fitting a door to the recently renovated cellar and must help carry it. The Fritzl case emerged in 2008, when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl (born 6 April 1966). CST, JanuSAMUEL KUBANI/AFP via Getty Images In August 1984, in Amstetten, Austria, Josef Fritzl asked his daughter, Elizabeth, for help installing a new door to their family home’s newly-renovated basement. It was here that the police were tipped off by medical staff and Elisabeth told them what had happened to her. On August 28, 1984, Josef Fritzl called his18 year old daughter Elisabeth into the Basement of the family's house in Austria. By Lauren Waters Last Updated: 12:04 a.m. She was able to escape from the basement after one of her children fell unconscious and Josef agreed to get her medical care. Based on the infamous true story of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was locked up and abused for 24 years (from 1984 to 2008) by her father Josef in Amstetten (Austria). It was initially said that they may need therapy for the rest of their lives. However, Elisabeth got her freedom on April 26, 2008, aged 42. Elisabeth and the children kept in the basement, who for years had no access to vitamins, sunshine, and exercise, took daily doses of mood and emotion-altering drugs, the outlet reported. But the other three kids were brought up by Elisabeth in the cellar. ![]()
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