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Fig5 : Josef Fritzl

Josef showed up at the court covering his face for the first two days.
He claimed to be not guilty. As the case went on, he was charged

with murder and rape. Ultimately, Josef suddenly changed his claims

and admitted to his guilt.

When the details of this sordid case came to light years later, the

rest of the family was horrified to know what had occurred beneath

the roof of their home. Josef went on to mastermind a plan to keep

his daughter under his custody for 24 years.
In Austria, judgement is not based on all the claims collectively but

on the highest punishment. Hence, he was sentenced to life impris-

onment for captivating his daughter and using her as a sex slave for

24 years.

Now Elisabeth and her children live in a designated location with

full police protection and new identities. This case horrified the

authorities and the rest of the world.

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