Woman held captive by her father for 24 years...  

I would think the effects especially on the children are going to be carried through their lives. Perhaps the youngest one, I believe it said he was 5 can acclimate to a normal life easily enough. But the older children (14 & 19 I think) how are they ever going to adapt?
I wonder if pictures of the home will be shown in upcoming articles. I can't imagine how a person could create the set-up without their wife or neighbor noticing. I own a two family home that has both an attic & a basement. It happens my laundry room is in the basement & I am in that almost daily.Now I almost never go in the attic, I suppose someone could hide someone in it for a few weeks without me noticing (assuming it was sound proofed) but I don't see how it could be pulled off for a year much less 24.

I got the answer to my question when I found a CNN video. She was sick and he took her to a hospital, claiming she was found on his doorstep. Hmmm, leseee here...3 babies and now a grown woman left on his doorstep. Yeah, sure! That could happen (dripping with sarcasm). Unbelievable!

Well the children he claimed were left on the doorstep by the daughter who everyone believed ran-away to join a cult. I imagine he probably forced her to write letters to that effect with each of the children.
They've also mentioned a similar case that happened a few years back, a woman who was held captive for 8 years. It's just awful to think that this has ever happened to anyone, and there could be others out there in similar situations with no way of getting help.

I agree, nacyrowina! "oh, they were just left on the doorstep." Does she not know where babies come from! Does she really think a STORK just dropped 'em off!? I'm thinking this woman was in some hard core denial. She probbaly got a little "off" mentallly when she thought her daughter ran off with a cult. Besides, wouldn't those babies slightly RESEMBLE their DADDY!?

If they did resemble the father, it wouldn't be too suspicious since the wife knew the children were her daughter's children. It's not uncommon for a child to look like their grandfather. According to the articles I have read the father was arranging for it to appear that their daughter left each child on the doorstep. The family has involved with social services because of the children being left on the doorstep & they never suspected anything either.

Thanks Eden, yes I did miss that part that the babies came with a note. How thoughtful. My heart breaks for these kids. And the wife. And honestly, the sick SOB who did this.

I think people have missed that in the article. She knew the children were her daughter's children. Believing the daughter was living in some cult, the story he created for the appearance of each of these children was that she dropped the child on the doorstep because she couldn't care for them or perhaps didn't want to raise them in this cult. I assume he probably made his daughter write letters to that effect to support the story.