Police: Dad confesses to holding daughter captive 24 years, fathers 7 children with her

[babylonsister]

Police: Dad confesses to holding daughter captive 24 years

By VERONIKA OLEKSYN and WILLIAM J. KOLE – 1 hour ago


AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) — A man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in windowless cell with a soundproofed door and fathering seven children with her, police said Monday.

The man, now 73, also told investigators that he tossed the body of one of the children in an incinerator when the infant died shortly after birth, said Franz Polzer, head of the Lower Austrian Bureau of Criminal Affairs.

"We are being confronted with an unfathomable crime," Interior Minister Guenther Platter said.

The daughter, who is now 42, had been missing since 1984 and was found by police in the town of Amstetten on Saturday evening after police received a tip.

Police on Monday released several photos showing parts of the cramped basement cell, with a small bathroom and a narrow passageway leading to a tiny bedroom. Investigators said an electronic keyless-entry system apparently kept the daughter from escaping from the cell, which was made of solid reinforced concrete.

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[riderinthestorm]

1. This story makes my heart hurt.... nt

:cry:

[Solly Mack]

2. ...

"Hans-Heinz Lenze, a senior local official, said the suspect's wife apparently had "no idea" of what went on..."


See now, I way too suspicious of a person...frequent trips to the basement? Kids popping up on the "doorsteps" every few years?

Mysterious missing daughter reappearing and disappearing just long enough to dump a baby off?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/world/europe/29austria.html?ref=world

[Karenina]

4. Tells ya something about the state of

DENIAL.

[Solly Mack]

5. Tragic all the way 'round

[Catherine Vincent]

3. This is just sick!

[Swamp Rat]

6. I feel sick

[babylonsister]

7. I know. We read lots of stories here, but this one

has got to be one of the worst I've ever read. This woman's life ended over 20 years ago; nothing will change that, and my heart breaks for her. May HE rot in hell.

[InkAddict]

8. During World War II Amstetten was a seat of two sub-camps

of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. Lots of history-traumatized elderly residents(?).

[Doityourself]

9. There is no punishment to fit this crime..just isn't.