News - Fritzl case
A tenant of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of using his daughter as a sex slave, is offering tourists a chance to stay in his apartment. Anton Kraushofer hopes to get about $1,000 a night and has put the apartment on eBay, The Sun reports.
A 73-year-old Austrian man accused of keeping his daughter prisoner in a cellar has been charged for allegedly killing a newborn, court records show.
Austrian doctors say Kerstin Fritzl, who was imprisoned in a basement with her mother and siblings since birth, is recovering successfully. Fritzl, 19, who was put into an artificial coma when she was hospitalized in April for organ failure, is now able to walk and speak, officials said Wednesday.
Doctors have started withdrawing from a coma the daughter of the Austrian man accused of having a decades-long relationship with his daughter, her mother. Doctors placed Kerstin Fritzl, 19, in a coma in April to help her recover from an illness.
An Austrian woman held captive in a cellar for 24 years by her father, with whom she had seven children, has agreed to a series of interviews about the ordeal.
