Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Austrian Man's "House of Horror"

I don't know how many of you are aware of this, but apparently there was an Austrian woman who was imprisoned in her father's basement since she was 18 years old, where she was continually sexually assaulted/raped. These rapings resulted in four children: two sons and two daughters. One of the daughters died and Josef Fritzl, the father, burned the child's body. The children were seperated from their mother at a very young age and raised by this man and his wife. He told them that their mother abandoned them and so they would take care of them.

She was only discovered a few days ago. She had been in there since 1984, and all this time, Fritzl's wife never knew her daughter was Josef's prisoner. Now that is remarkable.

So what's your take on this?

I personally feel sorry for this woman, first of all. I could not even imagine such cruelty coming from someone who should be trusted. What kind of sociopath would lock his daughter away and continually rape her for for 24 years? This man deserves to be locked up for life.

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