Freed After 24 Years
Finally, on Saturday, April 26, 2008, Elisabeth Fritzl saw the sky for the first time in 24 years. Josef released Elisabeth, Stefan, and Felix, bringing them upstairs while the rest of the family was away. Elisabeth begged to be taken to the hospital, convincing her father that he would be convicted of murder if Kristen died without letting Elisabeth see her child.
After an anonymous tipoff that strange people had come to visit, Kerstin, Josef, and Elisabeth were taken into police custody. At first, they suspected Elisabeth of being an abusive and neglectful mother. And not long after, 24 years of unimaginable horror came bursting out.
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