Kidnapped girl found alive after eight years - Independent Online

Vienna - An 18-year-old girl, who turned up alive after she had been held captive for eight years, was identified as the missing Natascha Kampusch on Thursday. Police said a medical examination showed a scar on the same place on her body as Natascha had had when she vanished aged 10 in March 1998. The police statement came after a drama on Wednesday in which Natascha escaped from a car driven by her kidnapper. The 44-year-old man abandoned the car, and hours later committed suicide by throwing ...