True crime cases in Austria

At the age of 10, on 2 March 1998, she was abducted and held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper, Wolfgang Přiklopil, for more than eight years, until she escaped on 23 August 2006.

Place

Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Austria

Date

2 Mar 1998–23 Aug 2006

Sources

2 cited

Three children remained in captivity with their mother, one died shortly after birth and was cremated by Fritzl, and the other three were brought up in the family home upstairs by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie, after Fritzl convinced her and the authorities that they were foundlings each time.

Place

Amstetten, Austria

Date

1984–2008

Sources

2 cited