<P> The Fritzl case emerged in April 2008 , when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl ( born 6 April 1966 ) told police in the town of Amstetten , Austria , that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father , Josef Fritzl ( born 9 April 1935 ) . Fritzl had assaulted , sexually abused , and raped her numerous times during her imprisonment inside a concealed area in the basement of the family home . The abuse by Elisabeth 's father resulted in the birth of seven children : three of them remained in captivity with their mother , one had died just days after birth , and the other three were brought up by Fritzl and his wife , Rosemarie , having been reported as foundlings . </P>
<P> The Fritzl case emerged in April 2008 , when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl ( born 6 April 1966 ) told police in the town of Amstetten , Austria , that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father , Josef Fritzl ( born 9 April 1935 ) . Fritzl had assaulted , sexually abused , and raped her numerous times during her imprisonment inside a concealed area in the basement of the family home . The abuse by Elisabeth 's father resulted in the birth of seven children : three of them remained in captivity with their mother , one had died just days after birth , and the other three were brought up by Fritzl and his wife , Rosemarie , having been reported as foundlings . </P>
austrian woman kept in cellar for 24 years
austrian woman kept in cellar for 24 years
Elisabeth Fritzl
Elisabeth Fritzl