Kidnapped at 10 and held for eight years. The girl in the cellar - Guardian Unlimited

Luke Harding in Berlin Friday August 25, 2006 The Guardian An Austrian police photograph of the trapdoor (left) that led to a hidden room where Natascha Kampusch was held for eight years. Photo: Austrian police/Getty Eight years ago, on March 2 1998, 10-year-old Natascha Kampusch kissed goodbye to her mother Brigitte and set off from her home in Vienna to school. She never made it. Her disappearance sparked one of the biggest ever hunts in Austria. But despite teams of detectives following thousands ...