Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Amstetten: Kirstin Fritzl wakes up from coma...

THE 19-year-old daughter of a woman held captive in an underground dungeon in Austria for 24 years has woken from a coma.

Kerstin Fritzl had been in a coma since late last month after she was taken to hospital from the cellar she shared with her mother, Elisabeth, and two younger brothers.

The three children were fathered by Elisabeth's father Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned them in the dungeon beneath his family home.

Doctors had feared Kerstin might die when her organs began to fail earlier this month.

But they have now revealed that she opened her eyes at the weekend, sparking hope that she'll recover.

"In a world that was very dark, the Fritzls now have light,'' a source told the Daily Mirror newspaper in Britain.

"Elisabeth and family are very happy, but they know they mustn't get their hopes up too high.

"Kerstin's incredibly fragile. She'll be in bed a long time - probably months.''

The 19-year-old has not yet managed to speak to doctors or her family.

"She moves when she feels pressure on her skin,'' the source said.

"Everybody's crossing their fingers this recovery will continue but nobody can predict it.''

Authorities say Fritzl confessed to locking up his daughter Elisabeth for 24 years in the cellar below his home in Amstetten, Austria, repeatedly raping her and fathering seven children with her.

Investigators say he told them three of the children were raised in the cellar, three others were brought up above ground and one died in infancy.

DNA tests have confirmed Fritzl is the biological father of the six surviving children.

Source: Daily Telegraph

See also: Amstetten:Elisabeth Fritzl taught maths and grammar to her dungeon kids...
And this: Amstetten: police involved in the Fritzl case traumatised and in need of counselling...

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