This is now the life of the daughter of Joseph Fritzl, the 'monster of Amstetten': she lives half an hour from where she was imprisoned for 24 years

Back in 2008, the world was left in shock by the horrifying story of Elisabeth Fritzl, a woman who had spent an unimaginable 24 years imprisoned in her parents’ basement. During this nightmare, her own father, Josef Fritzl, subjected her to continuous sexual abuse, resulting in seven pregnancies.

Now, almost 16 years later, Elisabeth Fritzl, now 56 years old, has managed to rebuild her life under a new identity. The Daily Mail has recently shed some light on this brave woman’s current existence.

Following the trial that resulted in her father being sentenced to life imprisonment, Elisabeth, along with her children, was granted new identities. She eventually married her former bodyguard, who is 23 years her junior and had protected her during the aftermath of the crimes.

Although Austrian law prohibits the disclosure of her new identity, the British tabloid has revealed that Elisabeth now resides in a spacious two-story house in a small village, approximately 30 minutes away from Amstetten. Interestingly, her new home is also situated near the Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp.

The tabloid further reports that the exterior of Elisabeth’s house is equipped with security cameras and features a double garage and a swimming pool. Notably, her daughter Kerstin lives right across the street.

Local residents have chosen to remain tight-lipped about the family’s past, but they acknowledge Elisabeth’s occasional visits to the village restaurant. As one neighbor confided to the Daily Mail, “Everyone knows the backstory, but no one talks about the past – they have a new life and people respect it.”

Josef Fritzl, now 88 years old, will spend the remainder of his life in a conventional prison after previously being housed in a psychiatric hospital. Over the course of those horrifying 24 years, he sexually assaulted his daughter approximately 3,000 times within the basement, resulting in seven children. Kerstin, born in 1988, as well as Stefan (1990) and Felix (2002), grew up below ground with their mother while Lisa (1992), Monica (1994), and Alexander (1996) lived upstairs along with Fritzl’s wife, Rosemarie. Tragically, another child named Michael died shortly after birth.