THIS is the dramatic moment armed officers burst into a compound and arrest a stepfather accused of keeping his stepdaughter as a sex slave.
She had been kept in solitary confinement for 22 years and had been sold to other men.
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The 29-year-old woman, who has not been named, fled to police in Araucaria, in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, on Tuesday, 16th September.
The Brazilian victim had told the 51-year-old suspect, who has also not been named, that she needed to take her three children to a health clinic.
Instead, she went directly to a Civil Police station.
Police chief Eduardo Kruger said the victim had been abused since the age of seven.
The victim’s mother was still married to the man at this point.
At the age of 15, the victim fell pregnant by the unhinged man, after he had separated from her mother, Kruger said.
Investigators said the victim had three children with the suspect and was also forced to have sex with other men.
These horrific assaults were reportedly recorded on video, later obtained by police.
The victim said: “He forced me to pretend that I wanted it, but the men knew I was being forced there. I lost count.
“There were more than 30. These episodes happened every two months, every three months.”
The crazed suspect watched her every move with surveillance cameras installed throughout the house, rarely allowing her to leave, police said.
The woman added: “I was scared, very scared, I still am.
“He said a lot of things to me. He threatened me. He said that if I wasn’t his, I wouldn’t be anyone else’s.
“He said that our separation would only mean death.”
What is the Josef Fritzl case?
THE Brazilian incident mirrors the case of maniac Josef Fritzl, who raped and imprisoned his daughter Elizabeth for 24 years, fathering seven children with her.
He first locked Elisabeth in the cellar in 1984, and went on to drug and abuse her, raping her a reported 3,000 times.
Three of their seven children were raised by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie, Elisabeth’s mother.
He told his wife that Elisabeth had run away to join a sect.
When one of the children died following complications after childbirth, the twisted father tossed the body into the incinerator to avoid detection.
Like in Brazil, Fritzl’s barbaric crimes only came to light after one of the children, the eldest, Kerstin, fell ill and needed to go to hospital.
Now in his nineties, Austrian monster Fritzl is serving life for his abhorrent crimes.
Fritzl became eligible for parole in 2024, and moved from a high-security psychiatric unit to a normal prison the same year.
While she was giving her statement, he called her more than 30 times and sent over 15 audio messages, with some containing threats.
He reportedly said: “Go home, otherwise you’re going to have serious problems with me.
“What’s going on? Talk to me, otherwise I’m coming after you.”
When police stormed the home, they seized cameras and found videos of the abuse stored on his mobile phone, before arresting him.
He is being held in preventive detention while under investigation for seven crimes.
The allegations include rape, deprivation of liberty, threats, and psychological violence.
If convicted, the combined sentences could exceed 100 years in prison.
The victim and her children have been placed in a safe location while protective measures are considered.