The cramped, underground cell where an Austrian teenager was held captive for more than eight years might never have been discovered even if police had searched the house, an investigator said today.

The Austrian teen held in an underground cell for more than eight years went to a morgue to pay her last respects to her captor, police disclosed today.

The man who held a girl captive for more than eight years in Austria spent some of his last hours in a panicked state, driving around Vienna with a friend, before he committed suicide, a friend said today.

Austrian investigators were today due to resume questioning of the kidnap victim who escaped a week ago after being held captive for more than eight years by a man who committed suicide hours after she slipped to safety.

AN Austrian teenager who spent eight years in a dingy underground cell until her dramatic escape last week has defended her captor as “part of my life”, insisting that she didn’t miss anything during her long ordeal.

An Austrian teenager who spent eight years in a dingy underground cell until her dramatic escape last week issued a statement today defending her captor as “part of my life” and insisting she did not miss anything during her long ordeal.