Three children freed from a cellar in which their mother had been imprisoned and raped by her own father for 24 years had never seen daylight, police in Austria have confirmed. Police spokesman Franz ...

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"These horrors serve as a reminder that it takes the diligent efforts of all members of the community - family, friends, neighbors, and professionals - to protect children from abuse and neglect ...

A STEPSON held in captivity for 20 years set fire to his home to escape the “inhumane” condition his stepmother allegedly kept him in. Kimberly Sullivan, 56, was arrested and accused ...

The woman dramatically escaped the Fritzl-like hell at around 3am on February ... It was clear that someone had beaten her brutally,' one family, which called the police and took the woman in ...

CELLAR rape monster Josef Fritzl is demanding a divorce from his wife. Fritzl, serving life for keeping a secret family of seven children in his basement, has previously claimed to have written to ...