1984 Elisabeth is forced to write a letter to her parents asking them to stop looking for her
1986 In November Elisabeth suffers a miscarriage, 10 weeks into the pregnancy
1989 Elisabeth gives birth to her first daughter, Kerstin.
1990 Stefan is born.
1992 Elisabeth has a third child, Lisa.
1993 In May Lisa is left in a cardboard box outside Rosemarie and Josef’s house. A letter in the box says the child is Elisabeth’s, and she’s asking her parents to look after it.
1994 Monika is born. In December she is left outside the Fritzl’s front door. The phone rings and Rosemarie hears Elisabeth’s recorded voice. She reports this to the police, saying how strange she thinks it is that Elisabeth knows the new, secret, phone number the family has acquired.
1996 In April Eisabeth gives birth to twins. One of them, Michael, dies and is burned in a furnce by Josef. The other twin, Alexander, survives.
1997 After 15 months in the bunker Alexander, too, is left outside Rosemarie’s door.
2002 Felix is born. Josef Fritzl lets him stay in the bunker, as he considers Rosemarie too old to take care of yet another child.
2008 On April 19, Kerstin, then 19, is taken to hospital. The police calls for Elisabeth to return to help her daughter.
2008 On April 25, Elisabeth, 42, Stefan, 18, and Felix, 5, are released. Josef Fritzl tells his wife that their daughter has chosen to come home. While visiting Kerstin in the hospital the next day, Elisabeth is collected by the police, and she ends up telling them about the past 24 years.
2008 Josef Fritzl is arrested on April 27 . All the children are taken into care and Elisabeth receives psychological support.
2009 The trial will start on March 16. Josef Fritzl is accused of murder, over 3000 rapes, incest, slavery, unlawful threat and kidnap.
And yet, there is talk that he might be out of prison after only 7 years.
