Overview
- Sister Claudia Nestelberger says the 38-year-old is mostly in her own world and describes her as completely gone.
- Family members report that doctors are overwhelmed by her condition and liken her current state to being in a kind of prison again.
- Kampusch was abducted at age 10 in 1998 by Wolfgang Přiklopil, held in a secret cellar for eight years, and escaped in August 2006 as her captor died by suicide the same day.
- After her escape she published the memoir 3,096 Days, became the subject of a film, worked in media and activism, and in 2023 described feeling positive while pursuing creative and humanitarian projects.
- The update is conveyed in an ORF-produced documentary featuring her sister’s testimony as the 20th anniversary of her escape approaches.