VIENNA, Austria (AP) - In Austria, a 73 year-old man is in custody, accused of what one official calls "an unfathomable crime."
A woman who went missing in 1984 was found by police over the weekend. Authorities say she told investigators that she had been held by her father in a cellar, where she was repeatedly raped and gave birth to at least six children.
The woman, identified only as "Elisabeth F.," told officers that she had just been released after two decades of captivity at the hands of her father. She said that in August 1984 her father had sedated her, handcuffed her and locked her in a room in the cellar of the family's apartment building.
Authorities say the father gave police a code to unlock a hidden door, revealing the area where Elisabeth and three of the children had allegedly been held.
Officials say the father may have told acquaintances and relatives that his daughter had joined a cult and disappeared.
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