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May 8 13 1:12 PM
When Michele Knight disappeared in Cleveland in August 2002, authorities made little fuss in comparison to Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, dubbed by local press as "two of Clevelands most famous missing persons". While the latter pair’s disappearances were deemed suspicious by police, it was thought Knight had run away because she was disgruntled her son had been removed from her custody. This may be the reason why she was not listed as a Missing Person by the state of Ohio. Knight was last seen at her cousin’s house in West Cleveland just a couple of blocks away from where Berry and DeJesus vanished in 2003 and 2004.
When Michele Knight disappeared in Cleveland in August 2002, authorities made little fuss in comparison to Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, dubbed by local press as "two of Clevelands most famous missing persons".
WHILE Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight can now enjoy their freedom after being held captive for nearly ten years, a more detailed picture is emerging of the man at the centre of the case. What we know so far Cleveland Police have arrested three brothers - Ariel Castro, 52, Onil Castro, 50 and Pedro Castro, 54 - who they have identified as suspects in the case. This came after Ms Berry managed to alert a neighbour, who broke down the door to free her and the six-year-old daughter she apparently bore as a prisoner. "Hello? I need them [the police] now, before he gets back," an emotional Berry told the 911 operator. "Who's the guy that went out?" asks the operator.
What we know so far
Cleveland Police have arrested three brothers - Ariel Castro, 52, Onil Castro, 50 and Pedro Castro, 54 - who they have identified as suspects in the case. This came after Ms Berry managed to alert a neighbour, who broke down the door to free her and the six-year-old daughter she apparently bore as a prisoner.
"Hello? I need them [the police] now, before he gets back," an emotional Berry told the 911 operator.
"Who's the guy that went out?" asks the operator.
CLOSE relatives of the three abducted women have told of how they're coping as more details emerge about their horrific life over the last decade. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight, who went missing separately about a decade ago, were found on Monday in a home in Cleveland, Ohio. Victims say they are fine Amanda Berry's grandmother Fern Gentry said Amanda told her that she's "fine" and that the six-year-old girl named Jocelyn also rescued from the Cleveland home is hers. "I love you honey, thank God," her tearful grandmother said, in a call recorded by CNN affiliate WJHL. "... I've thought about you all this time. I never forgot about you." The sister of 23-year-old Georgina "Gina" DeJesus said 'Gina' is in "good spirits." Five pregnancies As the world waits to see what will happen to Ariel Castro and his brothers Pedro and Onil who were arrested, relatives have told of their shock, painting Ariel Castro as a recluse and violent man at times.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight, who went missing separately about a decade ago, were found on Monday in a home in Cleveland, Ohio.
Victims say they are fine
Amanda Berry's grandmother Fern Gentry said Amanda told her that she's "fine" and that the six-year-old girl named Jocelyn also rescued from the Cleveland home is hers.
"I love you honey, thank God," her tearful grandmother said, in a call recorded by CNN affiliate WJHL. "... I've thought about you all this time. I never forgot about you." The sister of 23-year-old Georgina "Gina" DeJesus said 'Gina' is in "good spirits."
Five pregnancies
As the world waits to see what will happen to Ariel Castro and his brothers Pedro and Onil who were arrested, relatives have told of their shock, painting Ariel Castro as a recluse and violent man at times.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
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