This man should be burned alive...
Austrian family members in incest-imprisonment case meet
Hospital officials say family members victimized by an Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her now have met.
Authorities say the daughter, her mother and most of the children that suspect Josef Fritzl fathered through incest met each other Sunday.
The reunion took place at a clinic where they are getting psychiatric treatment and counseling.
Three of the children lived with the grandparents, but the other three never saw sunlight for years until they were freed this past weekend.
Officials said one of the children is hospitalized in another location and was not part of Sunday's reunion.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) — Authorities say DNA tests confirm that the Austrian man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years is the biological father of her children.
Police say Josef Fritzl told investigators that one of the seven children died in infancy and that he tossed the body in a furnace.
Three of the surviving children lived with the grandparents and were registered with authorities.
But authorities say the other three never saw sunlight for years until they were freed this past weekend.
Investigators say they believe Fritzl's wife was unaware that the daughter she believed ran away to join a religious cult in 1984 was living as a prisoner in the basement.
Hospital officials say family members victimized by an Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her now have met.
Authorities say the daughter, her mother and most of the children that suspect Josef Fritzl fathered through incest met each other Sunday.
The reunion took place at a clinic where they are getting psychiatric treatment and counseling.
Three of the children lived with the grandparents, but the other three never saw sunlight for years until they were freed this past weekend.
Officials said one of the children is hospitalized in another location and was not part of Sunday's reunion.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) — Authorities say DNA tests confirm that the Austrian man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years is the biological father of her children.
Police say Josef Fritzl told investigators that one of the seven children died in infancy and that he tossed the body in a furnace.
Three of the surviving children lived with the grandparents and were registered with authorities.
But authorities say the other three never saw sunlight for years until they were freed this past weekend.
Investigators say they believe Fritzl's wife was unaware that the daughter she believed ran away to join a religious cult in 1984 was living as a prisoner in the basement.
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