ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters) - A 73-year-old Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he imprisoned in a cellar for 24 years goes on trial on Monday for the murder of a newborn boy who died underground.
Josef Fritzl also faces a range of other charges ranging from rape to enslavement for the incarceration of his daughter Elisabeth and three of the children he had with her -- acts that sent a wave of revulsion through Austria and the world.
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