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SHOCKING Kidnapping/Abuse Stories
So in the events transpiring currently about the 3 women who were held captive in a suburban US home for 10 years, I came across a lot of heinous kidnapping cases.
Genie, Feral Child
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Genie is the pseudonym of a feral child who was the victim of one of the most severe cases of abuse and neglect ever documented. She spent most of her first thirteen years of life locked inside a pitch dark bedroom, strapped to a child's toilet or bound inside a crib with her arms and legs immobilized. During the day, she was tied to a child's toilet in a makeshift harness designed like a straightjacket to keep her from moving her arms or legs, wearing only diapers and only able to move her fingers. At night, when her father did not forget her, she was bound in a sleeping bag and placed in a crib with a metal-screen cover, her arms and legs immobilized. Researchers concluded that Genie's father kept a large wooden plank in her room, and would beat her with it if she vocalized. To keep her quiet he would bare his teeth and bark and growl at her like a wild dog, and he grew his nails out to scratch her; if he suspected her of doing something he did not like he would intimidate her by making these noises while standing outside the door, and would come in and beat her if he believed she had continued.
Apart from her father's beatings, Genie's only meaningful human interaction was when she was being fed. She was given no solid food; instead, she was fed baby food, cereal, pablum, an occasional soft-boiled egg, and liquids. Food was spooned into her mouth as quickly as possible, and if she choked or could not swallow fast enough it would be rubbed into her face. Although Genie's mother claimed Genie was fed three times a day, she also said that when Genie was hungry she would risk a beating by making noise to get attention, which led researchers to believe Genie's father frequently refused to feed her. When she was upset, she would wildly spit and scratch and strike herself; her face would remain completely expressionless, and she never cried or vocalized. Some accounts said that she could not cry at all.
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When they rescued her, she was 13 and had the mental age of a 2 year old and displayed animalistic behavior due to the lack of human interaction she had her entire life. The doctors used her as an example of Nature vs Nurture and once the initial excitement wore off, they placed her in foster homes. Genie [not her real name] is still alive, 57 years old and still living with caretakers.
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When she was upset, she would wildly spit and scratch and strike herself; her face would remain completely expressionless, and she never cried or vocalized. Some accounts said that she could not cry at all.
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And then there's the father who lured his daughter into a hidden basement confinement, told his wife that she had ran away, and kept her locked up for 24 years bearing 7 children with her. 
Elisabeth Fritzl Case
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Three of the children were imprisoned along with their mother Elisabeth for the whole of their lives: daughter Kerstin, aged 19, and sons Stefan, 18, and Felix, 5. One child, Michael, died of respiratory problems three days after birth, having been deprived of all medical help; his body was incinerated by Josef Fritzl on his property. The three other children were raised by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie in the upstairs home. Fritzl engineered the appearance of these children as foundlings discovered outside his house. When the eldest daughter, Kerstin, became seriously ill, Josef acceded to Elisabeth's pleas to take her to a hospital, triggering a series of events that eventually led to their discovery.
On August 29, 1984, Elisabeth's father lured her into the basement of the family home under the pretense that he needed help carrying a door. The door was the last piece needed to seal the chamber. Elisabeth held it in place while Josef got it into its frame. When it was fitted Josef held an ether-soaked towel on Elisabeth's face until she was unconscious. He threw her in the chamber after the door was fitted
After Elisabeth's disappearance, her mother filed a missing persons report. Almost a month later, her father handed over a letter to the police, the first of several that Elisabeth was forced to write while in captivity. The letter was postmarked Braunau. It stated that she was staying with a friend and was tired of living with her family, warning her parents not to look for her or she would leave the country.
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