What is Fritzl case?
{{Use British English}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} The '''Fritzl case''' began in 2008, when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl (born 6 April 1966) informed investigators in the city of [[Amstetten, Lower Austria]] that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father, [[Josef Fritzl]] (born 9 April 1935).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fritzl will nicht mehr leben|language=de|trans-title=Fritzl does not want to live anymore|date=16 March 2019|url=https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/Fritzl-will-nicht-mehr-leben/372159552|work=OE24|location=Österreich, Germany|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406071546/https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/Fritzl-will-nicht-mehr-leben/372159552|archive-date=2019-04-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/19/josef-fritzl-doesnt-want-live-anymore-8951306/ |title=Josef Fritzl is ill and 'doesn't want to live anymore'|date=19 March 2019|access-date=6 April 2019|last=Olsen|first=Martine Berg|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406071528/https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/19/josef-fritzl-doesnt-want-live-anymore-8951306/|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Fritzl had [[Assault|assaulted]], [[sexual abuse|sexually abused]], and [[rape]]d her many times when keeping her trapped in the family's basement. The abuse by Elisabeth's father resulted in the birth of seven children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/incest-father-fritzl-to-be-charged-with-murder-of-baby-he-threw-in-incinerator-6813999.html|title=Incest father Fritzl to be charged with murder of baby he threw in|date=2008-09-04|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> Josef was arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment, rape, manslaughter by negligence, and incest. In March 2009, he pleaded guilty to all counts and was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:2008 in Europe]] [[Category:Rape]] [[Category:Child sexual abus