Cold Cases in Austria
ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Austria, dated 1998 to 2008. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Natascha Kampusch (1998) and the most recent is Josef Fritzl Case (2008).
Status of the 2 cases in this index
- Solved or convicted 2 (100%)
By type
All Austria cases
Conviction
2008
Josef Fritzl Case
Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in a cellar for 24 years, fathering seven children with her. The case was discovered in 2008 when one of the children needed hospital care.
Solved
1998
Natascha Kampusch
Ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped on her way to school in Vienna and held captive by Wolfgang Priklopil for over eight years in a basement dungeon. She escaped in 2006.