Just when you think you've heard it all, there's a story like this one.
An Austrian man kept his daughter in the basement of their home for 24 years. During that time, he had a sexual relationship with her that produced " at least six children." The situation was discovered when one of their daughters, now 19, was hospitalized. After a DNA test hospital officials discovered that the man who brought her to the hospital was not only her grandfather, but also her father.
The man, 73 years old, is being identified as "Josef F." The daughter, Elisabeth F., is now 42; she was 18 when her father dragged her into the basement. Apparently Josef's wife – Elisabeth's mother – was unaware of what was happening. Three of the children that Josef and Elisabeth had together lived with their mother in the cellar, the other three lived upstairs. Josef told his wife that Elisabeth, who had been legally "missing" since 1984, had left the children on their doorstep.
Neighbors are shocked. I'm a bit nauseous.
The video report points out that all of this is "alleged" rather than proven; police are investigating.
There are more details that are actually hard to read, much less summarize. Read it at CNN.com, but be warned: it's rough stuff.
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