VIENNA, Austria -- A friend of the man who held a girl captive for more than eight years in an underground cell said Wednesday he met her at the kidnapper's home last month, where she was introduced as an acquaintance.
Ernst Holzapfel said he never noticed anything unusual about Wolfgang Priklopil's home or about the young woman staying there, and said she seemed friendly and happy.
"When I opened the door, he introduced the young woman to me as an acquaintance and didn't give any name," Holzapfel said. "I was very surprised and couldn't tell if she was his girlfriend or really just his acquaintance. Of course, at that point in time I didn't know it was Natascha Kampusch."
Kampusch, who was 10 when she was abducted on a Vienna street in 1998, escaped last week while Priklopil stepped away to talk on his cell phone. Priklopil committed suicide hours after her escape by throwing himself in front of a train.
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