Amfungia mwanae wa kike kwa miaka 24 katika nyumba ya siri chini ya ardhi, azaa naye watoto 7, ahukumiwa kifungo cha maisha jela.

Josef Fritzl, raia wa Austria, ambaye alimfungia mwanae wa kike kwa miaka 24 katika nyumba ya siri chini ya ardhi, na kuzaa naye watoto 7, amehukumiwa kifungo cha maisha jela.






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The Fritzl case emerged in April 2008 when a 42-year-old woman, Elisabeth Fritzl (born April 6, 1966), stated to police in the town of Amstetten in Austria that she had been held captive for 24 years in a concealed part of the basement of the family home by her father, Josef Fritzl (born April 9, 1935), and that he had physically assaulted, sexually abused, and raped her numerous times during her imprisonment. The incestuous relationship forced upon her by her father had resulted in the birth of seven children and one miscarriage.

Three of the children had been imprisoned along with their mother for the whole of their lives: daughter Kerstin, aged 19, and sons Stefan, 18, and Felix, 5. One child, named Michael, had died of respiratory problems three days after birth, deprived of all medical help; his body was incinerated by Josef Fritzl on his property. The three other children were raised by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie in the upstairs home. Fritzl had engineered the appearance of these children as foundlings discovered outside his house: Lisa at nine months in 1993, Monika at ten months in 1994, and Alexander at 15 months in 1997.

When the eldest daughter, Kerstin, became seriously ill, Josef acceded to Elisabeth's pleas to take her to a hospital, triggering a series of events that eventually led to discovery. Josef Fritzl was arrested on 26 April 2008, aged 73, on suspicion of serious crimes against family members and went on trial in Sankt Pölten, Austria on 16 March 2009.[1][2] He initially pleaded guilty to four of the six charges he faces, namely incest, rape, coercion and false imprisonment, but denied the other two charges of murder of the infant Michael and enslavement.[3][4]On the third day of the trial, he pleaded guilty to all six charges.[5] On March 19, the fourth day of the trial, Josef Fritzl was sentenced to life imprisonment on all charges.

Key events

The sequence of key events in this case is as follows:[7][27][15][28][29]
Date Key event
1977 Fritzl begins sexually abusing his 11-year-old daughter, Elisabeth.
29 August 1984 Fritzl lures Elisabeth, now 18 years old, into the basement and imprisons her.
November 1986 Elisabeth has a miscarriage in the 10th week of pregnancy.
1989 The first child, Kerstin, is born, and lives in the cellar until 2008.
1990 Stefan is born. He, too, stays in the cellar until 2008.
1992 Lisa is born. In May 1993, when she is nine months old, she is discovered outside the family home in a cardboard box, allegedly left there by Elisabeth, along with a note asking for the child to be cared for.
February 1994 The fourth child, Monika, is born.
1994 Fritzl enlarges the prison for Elisabeth and her children from 35 m² (380 sq ft) to 55 m² (600 sq ft).
December 1994 Ten-month-old Monika is found in a stroller outside the entrance of the house. Shortly afterwards, a phone call is made to Rosemarie, apparently, from Elisabeth. The caller asks Rosemarie to take care of the child. However, it is assumed that Fritzl was able to use a recording of Elisabeth's voice to make the call. Rosemarie reported the incident to the police, expressing her astonishment that Elisabeth knew of their new and unlisted phone number.
May 1996 Elisabeth gives birth to twin boys. One dies after three days and Fritzl is alleged to have removed his body from the cellar and cremated it. The surviving twin, Alexander, is taken upstairs when he is 15 months old. He is "discovered" in circumstances similar to those of his two sisters.
December 2002 Felix is born. According to a statement by Fritzl, he kept Felix in the cellar, together with Elisabeth and her two eldest children, because his wife was not able to look after another child.
19 April 2008 Fritzl arranges for the critically ill 19-year-old Kerstin to be taken to a local hospital.
26 April 2008 During the evening, Fritzl releases Elisabeth from the cellar along with her sons Stefan and Felix, bringing them upstairs, informing his wife that Elisabeth had decided to come home after a 24-year absence. Later that evening, after an anonymous tipoff during a visit to the hospital, Fritzl and Elisabeth are taken into police custody where she reveals her decades-long imprisonment during questioning.
16 March 2009 Trial commences in St. Pölten, Austria.
18 March 2009 Fritzl changes his plea to guilty on all charges.
19 March 2009 Fritzl is sentenced to life imprisonment