The Story of a Monsterous Father

What is it with 73-years-old Austrian Josef Fritzl that has Singapore's leading newspaper, the New Straits Times, publishes his case story everyday without fail for a week (read latest, as of today, news here)? While I don't read much about it, the two main points deduced from this case are:

First, he repeatedly raped and impregnated his very own daughter. Incest, a taboo in our modern society, perhaps one reason for this piece of news to travel worldwide and a conversational topic for the whole week. I don't know why people make such a big fuss about incest (even though I think it is morally objectionable) as incest isn't that uncommon, having practised in Ancient Egypt and few other minority societies in the world.

Second, he kept his own daughter imprisoned - in a dungeon built just below his marital home -for over 20 years without being noticed. I am shocked, he actually did not arouse any suspicion given the time-frame of crime (to be exact, 24 years) and past crime committed (i.e. rape).

My initial thought when reading this news is that I felt sorry for Fritzl's wife. How would she react when she has been told that her missing daughter was assaulted and kidnapped below their home by her husband for over twenty years! I'd go insane just by thinking of it, even though I am not yet married and do not plan to have children. So far, nothing has been reported about Fritzl's wife and I sense lack of complete information on the news.