Photo Gallery Captive for Eight Years
Last week Natascha Kampusch, an Austrian teenager, escaped from a cellar where she had been held captive for over eight years. Called the "ugliest crime" the country has ever seen, the police now face tough questions.
An undated Police picture shows a trapdoor leading from the garage into a hidden room at the house where Natascha Kampusch was held eight years.
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The door to the room where the girl was forced to spend nearly half her life.
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A diagram of the cellar.
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Inside the cell.
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The girl was forced to live in a room measuring only 5 square meters.
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She was allowed to leave the cell only on rare occasions.
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