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Article: Austrians find young woman who went missing in 1998
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2006
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STRASSHOF, Austria -- Natascha Kampusch vanished on her way to
school on March 2, 1998, when she was 10. Police said Thursday they
were "quite sure" she is the young woman who turned up this week
claiming she had been a captive, confined much of the time in a small
cellar.
The man who allegedly held the woman killed himself Wednesday.
While expressing confidence in the women's identity, investigators
said they were still waiting for DNA verification of the identity
claim by the young woman, who turned up in a garden near the man's
house.
But the missing girl's parents met with the woman and said they
also were sure she is the daughter who disappeared on her way to
school in nearby Vienna ...