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New questions over Austrian girl's kidnapping

A new investigation into the case of Austrian girl Natascha Kampusch concludes her kidnapper acted alone, and police overlooked potentially important evidence.

A new investigation into the kidnapping of Austrian girl Natascha Kampusch has concluded her kidnapper acted alone and that police overlooked evidence that might have led to her early discovery.

 

Miss Kampusch was just ten years old when kidnapped on her way to school in Vienna.

 

She was held in a tiny cellar for eight years, finally escaping in 2006.

 

Her story made world headlines.

 

Kristina Kukolja asked central European correspondent Kerry Skyring why the investigation was conducted fifteen years after Miss Kampusch's disappearance and seven years since her escape.


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