Elisabeth Fritzl, who was held captive for the last 24 years, has spoken out for the first time and said that she never wants to see her father’s face again.
After her emotional reunion with her mother, Rosemarie Fritzl, siblings and her children, Elizabeth broke out in tears and
told her family: "I can't believe I'm free – is it really you? I can't believe I'm out. I didn't think I would ever see you again. It's all too much for me. I don't ever want to see him again."
Elisabeth was reunited with the three children, who were
taken away from her by her father. She was very happy to see them.
Elisabeth was drugged and lured into the cellar beneath her family home in Amstetten, Austria, when she was just 18. Her father Josef Fritzl concocted an elaborate web of lies and convinced his family that she had run away to join a cult.
Elisabeth Fritzl’s sister Gabriele Helm, 35 spoke to the press and told them that Elisabeth is healthy, chatty and doing very well despite the ordeal.
Every day she gets a bit stronger. I can't say what the family is going through. It's more than anyone can believe. It has devastated us…We are working together to support Elisabeth. She is overjoyed to see her children. She told them they were beautiful and she is spending all the time getting to know them.
Her lawyer Christoph Herbst told the Telegraph that Elisabeth is keen to enjoy the outdoors and feel the rain. But they want to take it slowly.
For now they just talk to each other. But Elisabeth and her children who lived in the cellar have no concept of time and of the future. Some people who hear the story think Elisabeth is like something from a horror film. But rumors that she has no teeth and cannot talk are not true.
Herbst said she looks very normal and no one would believe that she has gone through a tough ordeal all these years. The family is very happy now and the children are getting adjusted to life outside captivity.
Herbst added:
It is really brilliant how Elisabeth has reacted to the outside world. They are all rather fine. Elisabeth is really an impressive person. She is very strong. She's happy now for the first time.
Prosecutor Gerhard Sedlacek is gathering evidences and may file a murder charge against Josef Fritzl for incinerating the baby, who died after birth in the cellar.
Once Elisabeth and her children leave the hospital, I hope the public and the press leave her alone. She deserves her privacy.
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Elisabeth Fritzl: I never want to see Josef again
