this is Joseph fritzo who imprisoned his 18-year-old daughter Elizabeth for 24 years and had seven children with her in August 1984 Joseph asked his daughter to help him install a door in the basement room of their family's home in a village in central Austria but before she could leave he held a sleep inducing substance over her nose until she became unconscious Joseph told his wife Elizabeth's mother that their daughter had run away from home he forced Elizabeth to write letters which he would mail home from post offices around the country he also be having Canal knowledge of her and within 24 years Elizabeth conceived seven children unfortunately one of the children died after bir and Mr Joseph incinerated his remains in the basement forers of the remaining six Joseph took three and left them on the family doorstep claiming that Elizabeth had dropped them off he were raised by Elizabeth's mother while the other three remained in the basement in April 2018 one of the children in the basement became seriously ill and was taken to the hospital by Joseph seeing the