Two years later, she became pregnant again, and gave birth in August 1988 to a baby girl named Kerstin. During her second year in captivity, she got pregnant but miscarried at 10 weeks. He visited her in the underground cellar virtually every day, bringing her weekly rations of food and raping her repeatedly. What an irony of life!įor the first two years, Josef held Elisabeth captive and kept her in isolation without talking to her. On several occasions, he would spend the night there, but his wife was unconcerned because she thought her husband was a hardworking man who was devoted to his career. Every morning at 9 a.m., Josef would go to the underground cellar to draw plans for the machines he would sell. The police investigation into her whereabouts came to an end, and the public quickly forgot about the missing girl. Her father often lied to her mother and the police, claiming she ran away and joined a cult. For the next 24 years, Elisabeth Fritzl would only see the inside of the dirt-walled dungeon.

She specifically warned her parents not to bother looking for her or else she would flee the country. In the letter, she revealed how tired she was of living with her family and had moved in with a friend. Almost a month later, Josef sent the police the first of several letters he had forced Elisabeth to write while she was incarcerated. Josef was able to convince Rosemarie that their daughter had run away to join a cult.Įllisabeth’s mother, Rosemarie, filed a complaint for a missing person after her disappearance. Elisabeth held the door for him, and as soon as it was hinged, Josef forced Elisabeth inside and made her pass out with an ether-soaked towel. He needed help refitting a door in the recently renovated underground cellar. On the evening of August 28, 1984, Josef called his daughter down to the basement of their family house. Together, they had three sons and four daughters, including Elisabeth Fritzl, who was born on April 6, 1966. At age 21, he married Rosemarie, who was born on September 23, 1939. Josef Fritzl was born on April 9, 1935, in the town of Amstetten in Lower Austria. Related Subs and Links: The Crime Newsroom Discord /r/UnresolvedMysteries /r/RedditCrimeCommunity /r/ColdCases Directory of Crime Subreddits Crime Custom Feed

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