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The Fritzl case emerged in 2008, when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl (born 6 April 1966) informed investigators in the city of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father, Josef Fritzl (born 9 April 1935).
VIENNA (Reuters) -An Austrian court said on Monday it had overturned a lower court's ruling that 88-year-old incestuous rapist Josef Fritzl be transferred to regular prison from a prison ...
VIENNA (Reuters) -An Austrian court on Thursday ordered the conditional transfer of 88-year-old incestuous rapist Josef Fritzl to a regular prison from a prison psychiatric unit, his lawyer told ...
Elisabeth Fritzl and her children, Austria, 24 years, [9] discovered on 26 April 2008. Elizabeth Wesson, her sisters, her children, her nieces and her nephews , Fresno, California, US, 26 years, discovered on 12 March 2004.
The defendant in the case was referred to as the "British Fritzl", [1] "The Gaffer" (a name he called himself), [2] or "Mr. X." [3] Because of a court order to protect his daughters and their seven surviving children [4] his name has not been formally revealed.
She wrote a book about her story, Le silence des autres (The Silence of Others), with the French journalist and writer Jean-Michel Caradec'h in 2008. She admitted that it was the worldwide news of the Fritzl case that made her talk; she said she wanted to be friends with Elisabeth Fritzl because she would feel less alone and she could support her. [4]
Donoghue conceived the story after hearing about five-year-old Felix in the Fritzl case. [2] The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize [3] and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional prize (Caribbean and Canada).
April 26 – Fritzl Case: Elisabeth Fritzl and her children are released from their captivity, leading to the discovery of the crimes committed by her father Josef Fritzl. He had kept her imprisoned for 24 years in a hidden room of his basement, where he continually sexually abused and raped her, which resulted in the birth of seven children.