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New details brought forward in Austrian incest case
The sister-in-law of Austria's accused 'horror father' Josef Fritzl says he served 18 months in prison for a 1967 rape conviction.
- AP
- Published: 15:38 May 4, 2008
Amstetten: The sister-in-law of Austria's accused "horror father" Josef Fritzl says he served 18 months in prison for a 1967 rape conviction.
But the woman says Rosemarie never believed her husband was involved in the 24-year disappearance of their daughter or the three children that mysteriously turned up at their doorstop.
Police say the 73-year-old Fritzl has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a dingy dungeon for more than two decades, repeatedly raping her and fathering her seven children.
His wife's sister said in an interview late on Saturday that the daughter ran away from home as a 17-year-old, about six months before police say she was locked into the soundproofed, windowless cellar - hinting at a motive for the crime.
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