I was disgusted today while reading about an Austrian man who locked his daughter in his basement for 24 years, repeatedly raped her, and fathered seven children with her. My question does not involve why someone would do such a sick and inhumane thing, but rather how no one knew about the activities going on for all that time. According to the story on www.msnbc.com the father made up a story about how she joined a cult and disappeared many years ago. It sickens me to think how horrible it must have been to be imprisoned and abused like that. I cannot believe know one realized what was going on before now, and I hope nothing like this will ever go on again.
Here is a link to the story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24337573/
What also boggles my mind, is that supposedly the girl's mother was still living with her father and had claims she had no clue her daughter was locked in their basement!