Elizabeth Fritzl: photo after liberation

For sure, many know Elizabeth Fritzl - the unfortunate victim of his cruel father. This terrible story took place in Austria, in a small town Amstetten. The investigation in this case went on for a year, before the culprit got what it deserved. So, what is this story, which plunged the whole world into horror, we learn from our article.

The Story of Elizabeth Fritzl

About that, who such Elizabeth, the world has learned in 2008 when the girl managed to be released from a cellar in which it was imprisoned by the native father. The police kept the details of the matter in secret, since all the circumstances had not been fully disclosed.

It is only known that the liberation of Elizabeth was preceded by a serious illness of her eldest daughter, 19-year-old Kerstin. Weakened from the ailment, the girl was brought to the hospital by her grandfather - Josef Fritzl. It is also known that doctors received a written message from her mother, in which she allegedly asked to help her daughter.

The doctors who examined Kerstin were alert, because everything seemed rather strange: the mother who had not arrived, the unusual behavior of her grandfather, and the inexplicable state of the girl (the doctors could not diagnose her). In this regard, it was decided to appeal to the police.

The main details of the liberation of Elizabeth

At the time of the release of Elizabeth Fritzl was already 42 years old. From the testimony of the woman herself it followed that her own father had raped her since 11 years old, and when the poor girl tried to escape, he locked her in one of the cellar rooms. This event occurred in 1984, when Elizabeth was only 18 years old.

It is regrettable that during her imprisonment the girl gave birth to seven children from her father. He took three of them for education, and left the rest in the basement with Elizabeth. One of the babies died immediately after birth. His body, the elder Fritzl, was burned right in the courtyard of the house.

All this was told to the police by the victim herself, and then her father confirmed her words. Put all the DNA analysis points that convinced the investigators that it all really happened with Elizabeth. It is also remarkable that the town of Amstetten was considered one of the quietest and quietest in all of Austria. The fact that such terrible events took place very near, none of those who lived nearby did not even suspect.

A few words about the head of the family

All the time while the investigation was being conducted, the police tried to find out new details that would tell about how the native father could do so with his own daughter.

The people surrounding him argued that cruelty was always observed behind him. In addition, it turned out that the head of the family was not intimidated in sexual life. For example, in 1967 he was arrested for rape. Fritzl spent 1,5 years behind bars. It became known also that, despite the presence of his wife, he used the services of prostitutes, who in narrow circles called him a real sadist.

In the family, a man was described as a tyrant. Neighbors and friends of the wife of Rosa Maria repeated in unison that the woman was very afraid of her husband. It should be noted that, in addition to Elizabeth, seven other children grew up in the Fritzl family.

The horror prompts the fact that the cruel man did not even bother to lock up his victim in a remote place, but built a real prison in his basement. The door to the dungeon where Elizabeth lived was in her father's workshop and covered with a shelf with tools.

According to the family, Fritzl constantly descended into the basement and did not leave there for hours. No one even suspected what was happening there.

How did Fritzl explain the disappearance of his daughter?

The father said that his daughter Elizabeth Fritzl went to a religious sect, not explaining anything to anyone. Why the native mother did nothing to search for her daughter, still remains a mystery.

Rosa-Maria was not alerted, and the fact that Josef began to bring the babies one by one to the house of the babies, explaining this by the fact that their daughter is throwing them off. Three children Elizabeth Fritzl, a photo of which is enclosed in our article, grandmother and grandfather adopted. They, like all normal children, attended school, played with friends, while others languished in the basement. Unfortunately, the fact of the unexpected appearance in the Fritzl family of three children was not even interested in social services.

Did they attract anyone else?

According to public data, no one was informed of the detention of another person in this case. The mother herself claims that she did not know anything about her husband's actions. In addition, in court she demanded compensation from newspapers that wrote about her personal life.

As for Fritzl himself, the doctors found he had serious mental disorders. Apparently, Josef himself considered himself a maniac. At the trial, he called himself a "born-again rapist."

What was the reason for such deviations from Fritzl, Sr.?

The main cause of such ill-treatment was a terrible childhood. As it became known, her own mother beat him and did not allow her to communicate with her peers. Fritzl himself told that he had already punished her for a long time. The woman sat in a closed room for almost 20 years.

Despite the inadequate behavior of the maniac, the court found him sane. Therefore, Fritzl in all its glory appeared before the court and responded for his actions.

What is the punishment for the rapist?

The charge in the case of Elizabeth Fritzl, after the release of her photo in our article, tried to achieve the maximum punishment for the perpetrator. It turned out that from the point of view of jurisprudence, rape (in accordance with Austrian law) provides for 15 years in prison, and incest for 1 year at all.

But the accusation still managed to achieve for Fritzl maximum punishment for two heavy articles: murder and slavery. The first suggested life imprisonment. It was proved that the child died because of inadequate medical care, so it is Fritzl who is responsible for his death.

In addition, Josef was accused of two more articles: ill-treatment and illegal deprivation of liberty.

Court

After the investigation, a new problem arose with the jury. Many candidates refused to participate in the process, as no one wanted to listen to the circumstances of such an awful affair.

Finally, the hearing was scheduled for March 16, 2009. The process lasted 4 days.

During this time, the jury listened to the testimony of Fritzl, witnesses, a video in which Elizabeth talked about her terrible life, the opinions of psychoanalysts, experts who examined the basement, where a cruel father held his daughter, etc.

It should be noted that Fritzl himself at first denied many circumstances. For example, he claimed that he tried to save his daughter from drug addiction, and also told that there were no murders of the child. It is noteworthy that he accused Elizabeth Fritzl of inciting: her daughter allegedly asked to kidnap another girl, so that she would not be bored.

On the third day, Fritzl confessed to all the charges brought against him. This happened when Elizabeth herself appeared in the courtroom, which for a long time refused to take part in it.

As a result, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, which he will serve in a prison designed for mentally ill criminals.

The Further Life of Elizabeth

Elizabeth never showed up in public and did not give an interview to reporters. In the press, only the photo flashes, where the victim is recorded before the kidnapping. It is known that Elizabeth Fritzl and her children currently live in another city under a different surname.

As for the eldest daughter who fell into a coma after a prolonged absence of sunlight in her life, she was saved.

About what Elizabeth Fritzl is waiting for after liberation, we are unlikely to find out. One thing is clear: the less a poor family will fray the public, the sooner their life will become normal.