Incest Dad: I Am Not A Monster

Josef Fritzl Met With A Prosecutor, But Did Not Elaborate On His Earlier Confession

(AP)  The man accused of imprisoning his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering seven children with her met for the first time with a prosecutor Wednesday and agreed to further questioning, an official said.

Meanwhile, Austria's justice minister acknowledged that authorities may have been gullible in their handling of Josef Fritzl when he reported his daughter missing nearly a quarter of a century ago.

Fritzl and prosecutor Christiane Burkheiser talked for about two hours Wednesday but did not discuss the allegations against him - that he raped his daughter for years, imprisoned her in his cellar, and fathered her seven children, St. Poelten prosecution spokesman Gerhard Sedlacek said.

Fritzl did agree to provide further testimony, Sedlacek said, adding that no more questioning is expected in the next two weeks.

Authorities say Fritzl, 73, initially confessed to holding daughter Elisabeth, now 42, and some of their seven children captive in a reinforced basement.

But Fritzl, who has not yet been charged, has not elaborated on the earlier confession. Sedlacek said he provided the prosecutor Wednesday with details about his background, including his career.

The underground family came to light April 19 when Elisabeth's oldest child, a 19-year-old woman, was hospitalized with a severe infection in Amstetten, west of Vienna.

Doctors, unable to find medical records for the woman, appealed on TV for her mother to come forward. Fritzl then accompanied Elisabeth to the hospital on April 26.

He subsequently told police that he had fathered seven children with Elisabeth - three kept all their lives in the cellar; one adopted by him and his wife; two others raised in the couple's custody; and one who died as an infant.

In an interview with the newspaper Der Standard, published Wednesday, Justice Minister Maria Berger hinted at shortcomings by local authorities, saying they may have shown a certain "gullibility" in accepting Fritzl's claim, when Elisabeth first disappeared in 1984, that she had run away to join a cult.

"Today, one would certainly pursue this more precisely," Berger told the newspaper, adding that she planned to increase pre-adoption checks.

Authorities in Lower Austria province have maintained that they acted appropriately.

Fritzl's lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said his client had access to a television in jail and was closely watching coverage of his case, which has garnered worldwide attention.

Mayer said Fritzl was bothered by the fact that he was being made out to be a monster. He said Fritzl told him: "I'm only being portrayed as a monster and not as someone who committed monstrous acts."

Mayer made his comments when asked to confirm a report Wednesday by the newspaper Oesterreich that quoted Fritzl as saying he was not a monster and that without him, the 19-year-old would no longer be alive.

In Amstetten, specialists continued to sift through the Fritzl home for evidence.

Chief investigator Franz Polzer said in addition to the cellar, Fritzl had deemed several rooms of the vast house off limits to other people. These rooms are now being examined in detail, he said.

At some point, investigators are planning also to check the yard using sonar technology.

"We don't have any concrete reason to suspect there is anything else but we want to be absolutely sure," Polzer said, adding that investigators may also have detected additional, debris-filled spaces in the cellar.

In Vienna, Berger told parliament that what happened to the Amstetten victims "couldn't be made right" and stressed the need to better shield children from sex abuse.

Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer and Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer announced plans to tighten laws for sex offenders.

"We will boost prevention because it is most important that criminal offenses are averted," Gusenbauer said in a statement.

Fritzl reportedly was convicted of rape in 1967. On Wednesday, Gusenbauer said the federal government considered it "completely inconceivable" that a convicted sex offender was able to adopt a child, and that such individuals would be allowed to do jobs involving contact with children and adolescents.

A crowd of roughly 500 gathered in Amstetten's central square Wednesday evening to show their solidarity with the victims and express confidence in the future. They unrolled dozens of banners on which people had written encouraging messages and listened to speeches, such as one by local priest Peter Boesendorfer.

"May these banners remind us to work toward a better world," the Austria Press Agency quoted Boesendorfer as saying.

[barbaraf4]

I''m glad he cleared that up. Now, someone get out the rusty gardening shears and castrate* this dangerous old fool.

[ephd]

He is right. He is not a monster. He is a depraved human being who better hope there is no God or afterlife. If there is, I bet God is up there with a nicely buttered frying pan for him to roast in for eternity.

[gce65]

It''s too late, Americans have already deciphered the nuances of "Bush-speak." It means the exact opposite of what is said. Ergo, YOU ARE A MONSTER.

[gmond]

I think this guy needs to worry about a lot more than semantics.

[truthyness]

The Black Democratic Party...Sounds good to me!

[stn_sage]

WHAT?! Are we supposed to take ''Incest Dad'' seriously?

He imprisons his daughter for 24 years and forces her to have seven children and HE doesn''t think he''s a bad guy?! Well, I guess his standard is a little different than the general public, huh!?

One thing I find alarming is how people like him adopt Bushspeak and ''spin'' all their crimes to make them sound like nothing! Nothing at all. Not worthy of mention! Uhhuh. What if we all chose to do that?!

[jerr11]

In a related story, the Liar-in-Chief said: I am not a Liar.

[minnick8-2009]

CBS: I beg you, please take the picture of this creep off the web site. His countenance makes me want to vomit. Yea, okay, he isn''t a monster, but her sure is butt ugly.

[minnick8-2009]

I meant to say, "He sure is butt ugly."

[minnick8-2009]

This man was ten years old when WWII ended. Maybe his father was an SS Officer who bragged about incinerating bodies in a concentration camp. Hitler was from Austria. It could be that Fritzl is comparing what he did with the holocaust. In that sense, maybe Fritzl''s brain doesn''t see himself as being so bad.

[brianbwb-2009]

"I''m only being portrayed as a monster and not as someone who committed monstrous acts."

That is like David Duke saying "I''m not a racist, only someone who commits racist acts"

The difference being...?

[fibonacci_]

"I Am Not A Monster"

- Uh, obviously you are.

[blackyowe]

You are right you are worse than a monster, Josef Fritzl. Some one should do the world a favor and snuff you.

[carlylaine]

stn_sage
Bushspeak?....you''re slatheringly obvious in your hatred.

[nonayabiness]

He said Fritzl told him: "I''m only being portrayed as a monster and not as someone who committed monstrous acts."

-Um, has he been working for George W. Bush? That is some centrifugal G-forces spin!

[stn_sage]

WHAT?! Are we supposed to take ''''Incest Dad'''' seriously?

He imprisons his daughter for 24 years and forces her to have seven children and HE doesn''''t think he''''s a bad guy?! Well, I guess his standard is a little different than the general public, huh!?

One thing I find alarming is how people like him adopt Bushspeak and ''''spin'''' all their crimes to make them sound like nothing! Nothing at all. Not worthy of mention! Uhhuh. What if we all chose to do that?!

[rushlimpdrug]

"I''m only being portrayed as a monster and not as someone who committed monstrous acts."


Wow.
Talk about spin.

From Austria?

Isn''t Arnold fom Austria?

These folks have dungeons everywhere.

[sandy19731]

In other news: Monsters everywhere appalled to be compared to Incest Dad.

He will likely be diagnosed as having Anti-social Personality Disorder and a sadism fetish (in other words, evil). In America that would not work as an insanity plea.

[excoachken]

...........and "Nixon was not a crook," and "there really were WMDs," and "I am the decider," and "Don''t worry, I''ve had a vasectomy," and...........

[trenticus-2009]

He should go to prison and serve 24 years for keeping his daughter locked up for 24 years. He should then serve addtional 24 years for EACH of the seven children he fathered with his daughter.. Yup, 168 years ought to do it.

[ajaxtheleast]

Come with us now as CBS takes you

to episode 10 where in cape and mask

INCEST MAN sits and elaborates no further

on his eariler statement while still on

the loose is INCEST MAN''S side kick

PEDIPHILE PETER!!

[erichsh]

Bushspeak?....you''re slatheringly obvious in your hatred.
Posted by CarlyLaine

His response: "criminal president", "murderous, criminal president!", yadayada....

Posted by stn_sage

Sure sounds like hatred to me, much as stn_stage might claim otherwise.

[anitaymoore]

What I don''t get is why he has not already been arrested...after having alreadyconfessing to r to a dungeon (imprisonment), fathering 7 children by her (incest/rape), filing a false claim that she had run away from home, AND also imprisoning some of the children he had with her.

Why is this man not already in custody?! That seems utterly irresponsible of the Austrian authorities.

[jsmithcsa]

Oh, yes. You ARE a monster.

[jetlizhan]

boo hoo hoo. now let''s see here, i would guess that someone that performed monstrous acts is called. . . .wait, let me think. . . .oh yeah, a MONSTER!!! you moronic evil monster fritzl. rot in hel.l

[stn_sage]

His response: "criminal president", "murderous, criminal president!", yadayada....

Posted by stn_sage

Sure sounds like hatred to me, much as stn_stage might claim otherwise.

Posted by erichsh at 08:00 AM : May 08, 2008
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My response: I don''t doubt that you think that!!

I''ve noticed that''s a real problem for RepubliCONS, where ANY use of an adjective describing their (mis)leaders in any terms over than gushingly complimentary is perceived by same as unaccepted, emotional, and HATRED!

But, it''s a problem within the mindset of RepubliCON backers---and as such---there''s nothing I can do to help you, other than suggest counselling or making an attempt to think less emotionally and more analytically! THEN, you might be less prone to attributing your own mental quirks---and hatred---on to others! :)

[missybelle-2009]

How this turned into yet another political discussion involving our own country is ridiculous... Anyway, the adoption of his own grandchildren after being convicted of rape is scary as well. He throws out as an illustration of his good and kinly nature that he took his 19 year old granddaughter to the hospital, it''s much more difficult to dispose of the body of an adult instead of an infant.

[rjs1955]

He IS in custody, just hasn''t been formally arrested and charged yet. Austrian laws are not like U.S. laws. Apparently those of you who think he is on the loose missed the following quotation from the article:

"Fritzl''s lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said his client had access to a television in jail and was closely watching coverage of his case, which has garnered worldwide attention."

Remember a few things: 1. We have perhaps over 450 cases of child abuse in the Eldorado, Texas situation right now, know about for many years by Texas authorities; 2. Austrian murder rate is about 1/4 that of USA; 3. Austrian reported rape rate under 1/4 as high as USA; 4.Roughly as many people killed in a town like Memphis, TN per typical year that in all of Austria (8.1 million pop.).5. Most of these articles are translted from German-language articles and news reports. Things get lost in translation. I, for one, am reading Austrian and German newspapers and watching Austrian TV online to get the uncut, not-just-for-USA, condensed info that CBS and CNN offer up.

[sanonpad]

Why hasn''t he been charged? How was he allowed to adopt? What about his wife? How can you NOT know what goes on under your roof basement or otherwise. She''s wacko also. Too many unanswered questions. This sickens me the more I read about it. If a husband of mine even thought about touching my child......WHEW I''d make it where he no longer had to stand up to urinate.

[pollroller1]

In his demented mind he thinks he is normal.
What a P O S.

[mudrose-2009]

Castrate the bastardo and then hange him.

[dobbershome]

He deserves the " 4 horror''s" in the slowest fashion possible. If you don''t know what that is look it up and you will probably agree with me. This man is a p.o.s. in the 1st degree!

[dobbershome]

Dragged,hanged,disembowelled and emasculated then beheaded.Sounds just about right.(4 horrors) end of story.

[bp102164]

I wonder if he helped the 19 year-old because she may have been next victim or he already has been torturing her.

[a-ji]

NOT A MONSTER?! WOW! AND THAT WILL MAKE US WHAT? NOT EVEN H*E*L*L* WILL ACCEPT HIS SOUL.

[fuzzybear9]

Hello Fritz

well you if you are a monster, you may have not realized it.
Incest Fritz is a terrible thing,
and I know you were indoctrinated with the Idea of a Master Race when but 13 years old,
so not only are you the Victim of Abuse
but now you have become the Instigator of Abuse.

break the vicious cycle, all you Fritz`s of the World
stop now
just Stop.

sincerely Fuzzy Bear

[rushman71]

"I''m not a Monster!!! I''m an animal!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[fuzzybear9]

``
6. Jeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of her ********, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 3:8-10 (in Context) Jeremiah 3 (Whole Chapter)



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Posted by drmaqazi at 10:20 AM : May 08, 2008
``

I would agree but the only problem here is that,
the only Book Fritz has ever read was Mine Kompf

if you have been indoctrinated from infancy with
false Ideas such as in Durango Texas,

how can the person be judged by what they don`t know.

so while on the one hand the Law stands on the other Mercy must also bend over backward to understand.

sincerely Fuzzy

[missybelle-2009]

Bible quotes, no bible quotes, he''s evil through and through whether you''re an atheist, Christian or rock lobster.

[imotorist]

How does his wife fit into all of this?

[feedback3-2009]

Human Being: Yes you are.

[elkc]

Quote:[Fritzl reportedly was convicted of rape in 1967. On Wednesday, Gusenbauer said the federal government considered it "completely inconceivable" that a convicted *** offender was able to adopt a child]

So was this "daughter" adopted? If so then this news report turns away from incest to kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. Not to mention the treatment of the offspring of these two. Why are people bringing religion in to this? While it was a heinous crime I don''t believe it is anything America''s Republican Party would care to bomb, invade and then try to convert religious beliefs on. Beside the fact that she was held captive and brainwashed (not water boarded) the elements present to describe a crime, suggest rape, false imprisonment, kidnapping and assault. Why this sad horror story is being brought before the church for exorcism, or made a prophetical sign suggestion proof of biblical writings is silly not to mention an abomination for which spirituality is intended.

[ajaxrose1]

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it''s a freaking duck! The same goes for "monsters." Everything this man has done proves he is what the media and everyone else thinks he is: A FREAKING MONSTER.

[cpaide]

now here is a case with much good and honest proof of perversions. NOT like the mormans in texas, of which there is NO good and clean proof of ANYTHING.

can you see the difference, or are you so hateful and stupid that your mind has gone bad?

[hypnotoad72]

Well, if not a monster, what should he be called?

Forgive me for not saying anything more; I do not believe other people would want to hear what sort of things I could say, except that "monster" is way too kind an epithet.

[godseyesore-2009]

"I''m only being portrayed as a monster and not as someone who committed monstrous acts." HEY, DUDE...it amounts to the SAME THING!, you idiot-dolt monster.

[drinuk]

He is not a Monster, he is a NAZI, just like those SS doctors in Belsen or Bauchenwald, experimenting with and controlling the lives of innocent people.

His Punishment should be Death, for crimes against Humanity.

[godseyesore-2009]

What the bible has to say is completely irrelevant. The bible has so much vile immoral advice in it that it is totally hilarious that ANYONE with a brain would use if for moral guidance. Its amazing how brain dead humans can be!

[aerodog]

godseyesore

Your name fits you. After posting the comment you typed, I''d sleep with one eye open, bud. The grim reaper may snatch you up at any time.

[hippychicky-2009]

now here is a case with much good and honest proof of perversions. NOT like the mormans in texas, of which there is NO good and clean proof of ANYTHING.
can you see the difference, or are you so hateful and stupid that your mind has gone bad?
Posted by cpaide

This guy is the worst kind of monster. Crimes againest your own family. Where is humanity going?
And as for YFZ, which you seem to support. Pedophilia is sick/and demented. No matter if you put it in a nice religious bow.