Josef F, a 73-year-old Austrian man, has been arrested after it was discovered that he had kept his daughter, Elisabeth, imprisoned in the family basement for 24 years. He raped her repeatedly, producing seven children, one of whom died shortly after birth and was incinerated by Josef. His wife, Rosemarie, has said she was unaware of what her husband was doing and had been lead to believe her daughter had one missing. She also claimed her husband had explained the three children allowed to live outside the basement had been dropped on their doorstep by their missing daughter. One of the three who had never seen daylight, 19-year-old Kerstin, was removed from the basement after falling ill:

The alleged crimes came to light after the teenager, named as Kerstin F, was dropped off at the Amstetten hospital last weekend.

Finding Kerstin seriously ill, doctors appealed for her mother, who at that time was assumed to be missing, to come forward to provide more details about her medical history.

Elisabeth and her other children were then removed from the home and questioned by authorities:

The mother, named as Elisabeth F, has been receiving medical and psychological treatment since being discovered.

She appeared “greatly disturbed” psychologically during questioning and agreed to talk only after authorities assured her that she would no longer have to have contact with her father, and that her children would be taken care of, police added.

The mother never ventured into the basement, not once, in twenty-four years? Ok. God. We promise we’ll post something nicer later on. We need something nice. Like a cupcake. Laced with Oxycontin.

Austrian ‘hid daughter in cellar’ [BBC]