Austria girl kept in dungeon awakes from coma
Kerstin Fritzl, the 19-year-old that was the pinnacle for the revelation that Josef Fritzl had kept his daughter in children from incest in a cellar for 24 years, has woken up from the artificial coma doctors had placed her in. Prosecutors are hoping she can now testify and further help their case.
Kerstin, along with six other children, was born from Josef Fritzl’s incestuous relationship with his daughter Elisabeth, now 43, who he raped repeatedly during the 24 years she spent imprisoned beneath his home.
Police say Fritzl, 73, has confessed to holding his Elisabeth captive, and fathering seven children — six of whom survived.
Kerstin was admitted to hospital in Amstetten, west of Vienna, in an unconscious state after Elisabeth persuaded Fritzl she needed medical attention. Suspicious medics alerted police who opened an investigation.
Detectives began investigating the case after hospital officials started inquiring about the girl’s family history.
Information from: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/...
