Fritzl Cellar to Be Filled With Concrete

Josef Fritzl repeatedly raped daughter Elisabeth there for 24 years

By Newser Editors and Wire Services

Posted Aug 12, 2011 10:17 AM CDT

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Josef Fritzl: Basement Where Daughter Elisabeth Was Held, Raped to Be Filled With Concrete — Defendant Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted in the provincial courthouse, in St. Poelten, Austria, on Thursday, March 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool)

The liquidator of Josef Fritzl's estate says the windowless cellar of the house where Fritzl imprisoned and repeatedly raped his daughter for 24 years will be filled up with concrete. The move is to ensure the space can never be entered again, and the work is set to begin early next year. No decision has yet been made about whether the house should be torn down. (Think concrete is excessive? Apparently the basement has been a hot party spot for Austrian teens.)

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