Austrian girl 'found' after years (8 yrs missing, good news)

[uppityperson]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5280472.stm
A girl who disappeared in Austria eight years ago in a case which gripped the nation may have been found, according to officials.

In 1998 Natasha Kampusch, then aged 10, vanished on her way to school, sparking a hunt which extended into Hungary. Now a young woman who claims she is Ms Kampusch has been found and is undergoing DNA testing to establish her identity, police say.

She apparently said a man had held her captive in a house near Vienna.

Reports from Austria suggest police are confident she is Ms Kampusch, and hundreds of officers have been searching for her alleged 44-year-old abductor....(more@link)

[babylonsister]

1. Just 'ugh' for that poor baby. Vanished at 10? I am glad she

got away...

[Chipper Chat]

2. Mark Karr did it.

Do I have your attention CNN?

[Eugene]

3. Reuters: Austrian girl's suspected kidnapper kills himself

Austrian girl's suspected kidnapper kills himself

Reuters
Thursday, August 24, 2006; 4:42 AM

VIENNA (Reuters) - A 44-year old man suspected of having kidnapped and imprisoned
a girl for the past eight years has committed suicide after his victim managed
to break free on Wednesday, Austrian police said on Thursday.

The man, identified as Wolfgang P., had thrown himself in front of a night express
train in Vienna after running away from police, authorities said according to Austrian
news agency APA.

The communications technician is suspected of having imprisoned Natascha Kampusch
for the past eight years in a small cellar in his house in Strasshof, a hamlet on the
outskirts of Vienna.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/24/AR2006082400174.html

[uppityperson]

5. wow, instant karma

sorry for the train operator though.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. How's that karma if he killed himself voluntarily? -nt

[Kailassa]

7. I hope that train was travelling Very slowly.

- despite it being a no-no on the DU forum to wish
any harm to perverts who ruin the lives of children.

[Raine]

8. Justice...

this saves the taxpayers from laying out money for a trial and incarceration. Being torn to bits under a train must not have felt to pleasant but still doesn't make up for stealing the girl's childhood.

[cali]

4. Screw the sick bastard who did this.

I'm not sorry he killed himself. Probably the best thing that could happen for this poor girl. At least she won't be looking over her shoulder. I don't even want to think about what she went through.

[Barrett808]

6. Eight years in a cellar.

Wow.

Hope she gets some high-quality therapy.