Urgent Help
Whether it was out of some late-onset guilt and pity or panic at the idea of disposing of an adult body, Fritzl gave in to Elisabeth’s begging to help Kerstin. Now older than Elisabeth was when she was captured, Fritzl let Kerstin, who had never seen daylight, out of the cellar and called an ambulance.
He told the doctors that her mother, Elisabeth, had written to him that she couldn’t afford her daughter’s medical bills and needed Josef’s help, sending her to the Fritzl house because it was the only thing she could think of. Of course, everyone became suspicious when they saw this deathly pale girl with neglected teeth lying in intensive care.
