The wife of Austria's accused "horror father" Josef Fritzl never believed her husband was involved in the 24-year disappearance of their daughter, even though he had already served an 18-month prison sentence for a 1967 rape conviction, her sister said.
In an exclusive television interview for The Associated Press, the sister-in-law of the man accused of imprisoning his daughter in a dingy dungeon for over two decades, repeatedly raping her and fathering her seven children has provided the intimate details of the life of oppression inside the Fritzl home.
The woman, who asked only to be identified as Christine R. because of the wide attention the story has received, said incest victim Elisabeth ran away from home as a 17-year-old, about six months before police say she was locked into the soundproofed, windowless cellar beneath their apartment -- hinting at a motive for the crime. 
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