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Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard – Wikipedia
Jaycee Lee Dugard. Perpetrators. Phillip Garrido and Nancy Garrido (nee Bocanegra)
The kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard occurred on June 10, 1991, in Meyers, California.
Dugard was 11 years old when she was abducted from a street while walking to a school bus stop.
Victim: Jaycee Lee Dugard
Date: June 10, 1991 – August 26, 2009
Michaela Garecht · ‎A Stolen Life (book) · ‎Meyers, California · ‎Antioch, California
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Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard
Childhood photo of Dugard
Location	Kidnapping: Meyers, California, U.S. Confinement: 1554 Walnut Avenue, Antioch, California Reappearance: University of California, Berkeley
Date	June 10, 1991 – August 26, 2009
Attack type	Kidnapping False Imprisonment Rape
Victim	Jaycee Lee Dugard
Perpetrators	Phillip Garrido and Nancy Garrido (nee Bocanegra)

The kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard occurred on June 10, 1991, in Meyers, California.
Dugard was 11 years old when she was abducted from a street while walking to a school
bus stop. Searches began immediately after Dugard's disappearance, but no reliable leads
were generated, though her stepfather, Carl Probyn, witnessed her kidnapping and chased
the kidnappers on his mountain bike. Dugard remained missing until 2009, when a convicted
sex offender, Phillip Garrido, visited the campus of the University of California, Berkeley,
accompanied by two girls, now known to be his daughters, on August 24 and 25 that year.
The unusual behavior of the trio sparked an investigation that led Garrido's parole officer
to order him to take the two girls to a parole office in Concord, California, on August 26.
He was accompanied by a woman who was finally identified as Dugard herself.
Phillip and Nancy Garrido were arrested by police after Dugard's reappearance.
On April 28, 2011, they pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assaulting Dugard.
Law enforcement officers believe Dugard was later kept in concealed tents, sheds, and lean-tos
in an area behind the Garridos' house at 1554 Walnut Avenue in Antioch, California, for 18 years.
During her confinement, Dugard gave birth to two daughters, who were 11 and 15 at the time
of her reappearance. On June 2, 2011, Garrido was sentenced to 431 years to life imprisonment;
his wife, Nancy, also received 36 years to life. Garrido is a person of interest in at least one other
San Francisco Bay Area missing-person case. In 2010, the State of California awarded the Dugard
family US$20 million. In 2011, Dugard wrote an autobiography titled A Stolen Life. Her second book,
Freedom: My Book of Firsts, was published in 2016. According to interviews, Dugard remains single,
focusing on herself, her children, and her family. Her exact location has not been told to the public.

Contents

• 1 Background of kidnappers
• 2 Abduction
• 3 Search effort
• 4 Captivity
• 4.1 Pregnancy and children
• 4.2 Missed rescue opportunities
• 5 Reappearance
• 6 Aftermath
• 6.1 Reunion and afterward
• 6.2 Police investigations
• 6.3 Garrido's statements
• 6.4 Legal proceedings
• 6.5 Settlement with the State of California
• 6.6 Lawsuit against the United States
• 7 In media
• 8 See also
• 9 References
• 10 External links

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Jaycee Dugard
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/jaycee-dugard

1. 
   

For Longtime Captives, a Complex Road Home

Therapists say Jaycee Dugard’s biggest challenge may prove to be shaking the influence of her abductors.

By Benedict Carey

Aug. 31, 2009

1. 
   

California Officials Fear Abduction Case May Hurt Efforts on Parole

In California, corrections reform advocates fear the fallout from the case of Phillip Garrido could affect or even
derail an effort to reduce the prison population through early parole.

By Carol Pogash and Solomon Moore

Aug. 30, 2009

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Photographs Offer a Look Inside Life for Captives

The views, taken without permission, show evidence of a primitive existence mixed with attempts at normalcy.

By Jesse McKinley

Aug. 30, 2009

1. 
   

Kidnapping Victim Was Not Always Locked Away

Jaycee Dugard, held captive by Phillip Garrido for 18 years, was introduced to visitors at her captor’s home.

By Jesse McKinley and Carol Pogash

Aug. 28, 2009

1. 
   

Ex-Priest Investigated in Disappearances of 3 Girls

Law enforcement authorities say Stephen M Kiesle, former Roman Catholic priest with history of sexual misconduct,
is being investigated in disappearances of three young girls, all of whom vanished more than decade ago in California
and Nevada; missing identified as Amber Swartz-Garcia, Monica DaSilva and Jaycee Dugard (S)

By Nick Madigan

June 8, 2002

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ABC 20/20 Jaycee Dugard Part 1
11K views 3 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0J6ja9qunw

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ABC 20/20 Jaycee Dugard Part 1
11,343 views
Oct 27, 2017
with Diane Sawyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0J6ja9qunw

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UC Berkeley Police Discuss Garrido Arrest
258,074 views
Aug 31, 2009
UC Berkeley
Alert action by two members of the UC Berkeley police force played a key role
in the arrest of kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido and the return of Jaycee Lee Dugard,
who in 1991 at age 11 was abducted from her South Lake Tahoe neighborhood.
Lisa Campbell, manager of the UCPD special-events unit and Officer Ally Jacobs
discuss the events leading up to the Garrido arrest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHkfsL52iYI&t=1722s  

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#Dateline #Crime
20/20 Jaycee Dugard Part 2
414 views
Nov 26, 2017
Jackson Veum
20 20 on ID - Jaycee Dugard In Her Own Words Part 2 20/20 on id full episodes
20/20 on id full episodes 2016 20/20 on id full episodes playlist 20/20 on id .
ABC 20/20 was released new episode Jaycee Dugard Part 2. For watching more ABC 20/20
series please subscribe my channel. Don't forget new episode next .
Jaycee Dugard says the phrase "Stockholm syndrome" is "degrading" and that she's
outraged by how it's used so often.

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How Jaycee Dugard Was Saved From Her Kidnappers
346,569 views
Aug 31, 2019
Inside Edition
In August 2009, Jaycee Dugard was rescued after spending 18 years in captivity at the hands of
Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Dugard, who was kidnapped at a bus stop before school in June 1991,
was raped and tortured by Phil Garrido and gave birth to two girls. Phil Garrido was sentenced
to 431 years to life in prison in June 2011. His wife, Nancy Garrido, was sentenced to 36 years to life,
also in June 2011. They are both up for parole in 2034.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpbvhFzx0o 

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Jaycee Dugard 'outraged' over release of Elizabeth Smart's captor
157,753 views
Sep 18, 2018
ABC News
Dugard, who was kidnapped and held against her will for 18 years, tells ABC News she feels
"deeply for what Elizabeth is going through knowing this dangerous person is free to walk the street."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJCf6BLznKE 

 

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Wicked Attraction The Jaycee Dugard Story
7,013 views
Feb 14, 2017
Richard Dodge
american justice full episodes,american justice 2016,american justice full episodes
2016,american justice trailer,48 hours mystery,dateline mystery,american ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siY5xKvDjaY 

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How Did Phillip Garrido Pull Off This Crime? - PART 1
64K views 8 years ago
ABC News
The system failed despite Garrido being a known sex offender and being monitored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7dMVm9YEEw&t=18s 

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How Did Phillip Garrido Pull Off This Crime? - PART 2
87K views 8 years ago
ABC News
The system failed despite Garrido being a known sex offender and being monitored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r_hRyVuqM4 

 

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Jaycee Lee Dugard Kidnapped UNSEEN FOOTAGE , freelance video on the property of phillip Garrido
89,499 views
Aug 28, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct0UparqiWM 

 

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Jaycee Dugard Part 1: Recalling the Day She Was Kidnapped
261,795 views
Jul 9, 2016
ABC News
Jaycee Dugard, now 36, was 11 years old and in the 5th grade when she was kidnapped on June 10, 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FbosLEQnBo 

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FOUND: Jaycee Lee Dugard! A Stolen Life
3,385,846 views
Feb 22, 2018
Kendall Rae 
2.09M subscribers 
THUMBS UP FOR MORE FOUND! 
Listen to Jaycee's Book, A Stolen Life   
Check out Jaycee’s foundation https://t.co/QNxJzE4a6Q
Twitter @jayceedugard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or9O1y_wQSg 

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Jaycee Dugard on Hopes for Her Daughters
804,343 views
Jul 8, 2016
ABC News
ABC News' Diane Sawyer spoke with Dugard about the lessons she has learned
from being held captive for 18 years and then freed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teEG6-JXggY  

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0:54 / 2:04
Jaycee Dugard Case: New Tapes Released
145,735 views
Aug 2, 2011
ABC News
Kidnapper Philip Garrido's wife secretly videotapes another young girl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLnF-KB0KTQ  

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0:38 / 4:09
#lifeclass #OWNTV #Oprahwinfrey
How Intuition Helped Save Jaycee Dugard  
Oprah's Lifeclass
Oprah Winfrey Network
194,205 views
Oct 25, 2011
Oprah looks back at her interview with police officer Allison Jacobs and police specialist
Lisa Campbell, women who used their intuition to help save Jaycee Dugard,
a girl who was held captive by kidnappers for 18 years.
Learn why Oprah says this story teaches us to listen closely to life's whispers.

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Dateline 20/20ID: Jaycee Dugard: In Her Own Words - Part 1
10,531 views
Mar 25, 2017  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6r8Ysp9dgU 

 

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0:02 / 14:13
20/20 Jaycee Dugard Interview | Freedom: My Book of Firsts
1,311,225 views
Jul 11, 2016
20/20 - Official Channel

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Jaycee Dugard Biography  (1980–)
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/jaycee-dugard

Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in 1991 at the age of 11 and spent
the next 18 years of her life held captive by Phillip and Nancy Garrido.

Who Is Jaycee Lee Dugard?
The Kidnapping
Arrest of Phillip and Nancy Garrido
Return Home

“On August 26, 2009, more than 18 years after she was abducted, Dugard was reunited with her mother,
Terry Probyn, in South Lake Tahoe, California.Soon after, the Dugard family learned
from California Deputy Inspector General Dave Biggs that due to Garrido's failed parole supervision,
they would be awarded $20 million by the State of California. Additionally, Phillip Garrido was named
a person of interest in another California kidnapping case.”

Memoir and Later Life

Citation Information

Article Title

Jaycee Dugard Biography

Author

Biography.com Editors

Website Name

The Biography.com website

URL

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/jaycee-dugard

Access Date

November 23, 2020

Publisher

A&E Television Networks

Last Updated

June 16, 2020

Original Published Date

April 2, 2014

 

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Inside Jaycee Dugard's terror tent

CBS News
Images
https://tinyurl.com/y2otark8

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How Jaycee Dugard Was Found After 18 Years in Isolation
Flashback
1:43 PM PDT, August 31, 2019 - SAL BONO
https://tinyurl.com/yxunza52 
“Ten years ago, an 18-year-old mystery was solved after kidnapped California resident
Jaycee Dugard was saved from the clutches of a husband and wife who abducted her in 1991.
Jaycee went missing on June 10, 1991, in Meyers, California, as she walked to the school bus stop
when she was approached by a silver car and snatched from the street.
The 11-year-old’s stepfather, Carl Probyn, who was riding a bike near the scene, witnessed her
kidnapping and could not catch up to the driver who lured Jaycee into the car.
The case haunted the family and the town for nearly 20 years until a fateful day in August 2009
brought Jaycee back into the fold.  During her 18-year life of hell, Jaycee was raped by her kidnapper,
Phillip Garrido, and was forced to raise the two children she had with him.”=

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Smith:
Jaycee Dugard is done with being isolated, and she’s giving back
CHRIS SMITH
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
October 26, 2019
https://tinyurl.com/y49z59jo 

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Jaycee Dugard
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/jaycee-dugard

1.    

For Longtime Captives, a Complex Road Home

Therapists say Jaycee Dugard’s biggest challenge may prove to be shaking the influence of her abductors.

By BENEDICT CAREY

 

Aug. 31, 2009

California Officials Fear Abduction Case May Hurt Efforts on Parole

In California, corrections reform advocates fear the fallout from the case of Phillip Garrido could affect or even
derail an effort to reduce the prison population through early parole.

By CAROL POGASH and SOLOMON MOORE

Photographs Offer a Look Inside Life for Captives

The views, taken without permission, show evidence of a primitive existence mixed with attempts at normalcy.

By JESSE MCKINLEY

Kidnapping Victim Was Not Always Locked Away

Jaycee Dugard, held captive by Phillip Garrido for 18 years, was introduced to visitors at her captor’s home.

By JESSE MCKINLEY and CAROL POGASH

Ex-Priest Investigated in Disappearances of 3 Girls

Law enforcement authorities say Stephen M Kiesle, former Roman Catholic priest with history of sexual misconduct,
is being investigated in disappearances of three young girls, all of whom vanished more than decade ago
in California and Nevada; missing identified as Amber Swartz-Garcia, Monica DaSilva and Jaycee Dugard (S)

By NICK MADIGAN

The Guardian
https://tinyurl.com/y239wyy8

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INSIDE EDITION's Interview with Nancy Garrido's Brothers
NEWS
11:00 AM PDT, July 14, 2011 - Inside Edition
https://tinyurl.com/y4ya7sfn

“She's married to the monster Phillip Garrido and played a key role in Jaycee Dugard's 18-year nightmare.
But Nancy Garrido started out as an all-American girl, according to her brothers. 
In 2009, INSIDE EDITION's Diane McInerney spoke exclusively to Nancy's brothers, David and Rey Bocanegra,
in Denver, where the family has lived for almost 40 years. They were speaking publicly about their sister
for the first time, and their emotions were raw.  "Phil Garrido. That's what happened to my sister," Rey said.
Nancy was born in Texas, one of six children in what her brothers described as a loving home.
"Any prior arrests?" McInerney asked the brothers.  "None. Not even a parking ticket," said Rey.
Nancy met Phillip Garrido at Leavenworth Penitentiary, where her uncle was an inmate and Garrido was
serving a 50-year sentence for rape and kidnapping.  "Once she met Phillip, that was it.
It was like she was no longer around," David said.”

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A decade after emerging from captivity in the Bay Area, Jaycee Dugard reflects on the life she lost,
and the one she’s gained  With daughters now in college, famed survivor and victim advocate focuses
on her own well-being and helping others with her foundation
The Denver Post
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/08/26/jaycee-dugard-kidnapping-story-decade-later/
“Ten years ago, on August 26, 2009, Officer Todd Stroud reported to work at the Concord Police Department and,
because of his experience as a school resource officer, was asked to look after a woman who was at the police station
with her two young daughters.  That woman, he soon learned, was Jaycee Dugard who, 18 years before,
had been kidnapped as she walked to a school bus stop in South Lake Tahoe one morning and had not been seen since.
Stroud, who clearly remembered the kidnapping and the national headlines that accompanied it, was floored.
“I was shocked,” he said.|
Hours before, Dugard, the two girls, and Dugard’s captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, had gone to Concord to meet with
Phillip’s parole officer; he had been released from prison a few years before she was kidnapped. At the parole office,
Dugard told the officer that she was the girl who had disappeared in 1991. No kidnap victim in modern American history
had been found alive after being missing that long.”

<snip>

“Today, Dugard and her nonprofit, the JAYC Foundation, help facilitate that same kind of family reunification for other
trauma victims. Drawing from Dugard’s experience, the foundation also aims to provide safe, secluded spaces for victims
to recover, holds workshops for caregivers, and puts a particular focus on animal-assisted therapy; Dugard turned to riding
and caring for horses to help her heal.”

http://jaycfoundationevent.org

More information about the JAYC Foundation can be found at

http://thejaycfoundation.org

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Dugard describes 'very painful' years in captivity
Jaycee Dugard tells of horrific ordeal
NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43709645  

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Official Facebook page of Jaycee Dugard
Kidnap survivor, Author of A Stolen Life and Freedom
https://www.facebook.com/jayceedugard  

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Jaycee Dugard Photographs
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/jaycee-dugard?family=editorial&phrase=jaycee%20dugard&sort=mostpopular

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aycee Dugard Captive No More
By Alex Tresniowski
Updated September 14, 2009 12:00 PM
People
https://tinyurl.com/yxcpmfwe

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Jaycee Dugard loses court case against federal parole officials
By MAURA DOLAN
AUG. 26, 20162:55 PM
Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-jaycee-9th-circuit-20160826-snap-story.html

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Real Crime August 26, 2019
What's Jaycee Dugard's Life Like Today? 
Becky Little
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/jaycee-dugard-life-now

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Grand jury testimony reveals Jaycee Dugard's life in captivity
Martha Bellisle
Reno Gazette Journal
https://tinyurl.com/yygskhsa

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Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard 'outraged' over release of Elizabeth Smart's captor 
The impending release of Smart's kidnapper Wanda Barzee prompted Dugard,
held captive for 18 years, to stand in support of Smart.
Sept. 18, 2018, 12:45 PM EDT / Source: TODAY
By Eun Kyung Kim
https://www.today.com/news/jaycee-dugard-outraged-over-release-elizabeth-smart-s-captor-t137686

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What can be learned from Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping ordeal? 
Few abducted children held for long periods return alive.
Her case offers hope for other cold cases, as well as 'opportunities to learn.'
Christian Science Monitor
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/0828/p02s11-usgn.html

 

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District Attorney
Home > Government > District Attorney     
The Abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard  25 Years Later - Part 1
Department:  District Attorney
Date:  6/10/2016
https://tinyurl.com/y5dfcrc4 

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RESEARCH GUIDES  

CHILD ABUSE 

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE 

KIDNAPPINGS

ABDUCTIONS 

CRIMES  

 CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN 

RAPES 

ELIZABETH SMART

 

Amanda Berry And Elizabeth Smart Meet - Crime Watch Daily With Chris Hansen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGB8PzxhHi0

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Ariel Castro - Victims, Death & Children – Biography
www.biography.com › crime-figure › ariel-castro
Jun 12, 2020 — In 2002, Ariel Castro abducted three young women: Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. He kept the ...
As a child, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where members of his extended family already lived. In 1992 ...

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The FULL interview with Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus - BBC Newsnight|
11M views 5 years ago
BBC Newsnight
https://tinyurl.com/yyy8psst 

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Smart, Tom, and Lee Benson.
In plain sight: The startling truth behind the Elizabeth Smart investigation.
Chicago Review Press, 2006.
https://tinyurl.com/y6skrxpe 

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Smart, Elizabeth, and Chris Stewart.
My story.
St. Martin's Press, 2013.

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Bullock, Cathy Ferrand, Margaret Spratt, and Sue Lockett John.
"Newspapers Provide Context in Elizabeth Smart Abduction."
Newspaper Research Journal 34, no. 4 (2013): 24-39.

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Muschert, Glenn W., Melissa Young-Spillers, and Dawn Carr.
"Smart” policy decisions to combat a social problem:
The case of child abductions 2002–2003."
Justice Policy Journal 3, no. 2 (2006): 1-32.

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Haberman, Maggie, and Jeane MacIntosh.
Held captive: The kidnapping and rescue of Elizabeth Smart.
Harper Collins, 2003.

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McLaughlin, Christen Marie.
"Fear or Love: Examining Stockholm Syndrome in the Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping case."
(2015).

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Hamilton, Marci.
"The Elizabeth Smart Case: Why we need specific laws against brainwashing."
FindLaw. com (2003).

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Smart, Ed, and Lois Smart.
Bringing Elizabeth home: A journey of faith and hope.
Image, 2003.

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Dominguez, Alex.
"Elizabeth Smart Speaks on Human Trafficking."
Christian Science Monitor (2013).

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Howerton, Kristen.
"The Damaging Effects of Shame-‐Based Sex Education: Lessons From Elizabeth Smart."
TheHuffingtonPost. com (2013).

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Paniati, Sarah.
"Overcoming adversity:
The Elizabeth Smart story."

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De Fabrique, Nathalie, Stephen J. Romano, Gregory M. Vecchi, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt.
"Understanding stockholm syndrome."
FBI L. Enforcement Bull. 76 (2007): 10.

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Zgoba, Kristen.
"The Amber Alert: the appropriate solution to preventing child abduction?."
The Journal of Psychiatry & Law 32, no. 1 (2004): 71-88.

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Duke, Alan.
"Elizabeth Smart:‘I Couldn’t Be Happier.’”
CNN,
October 9." (2013).

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Talbot, M.
"Gone girl: The extraordinary resilience of Elizabeth Smart."
The New Yorker (2013): 1-56.
Peyton Spear
Journalism Innovation
What Works – Gone Girl: The extraordinary resilience of Elizabeth Smart
March 18, 2015     
In a profile story written by Margaret Talbot of The New Yorker, Talbot covers her interview with Elizabeth Smart
in a way that personifies where Smart was and who she is today.  Smart was kidnapped at the age of 14 and held
captive for nine months in Utah. She talks about her advocacy to help other victims through her own experiences.
Throughout the interview, Talbot made a point to give a back story and various events that happened during Smart’s
captivity, but stayed away from telling details that were not necessary.
https://tinyurl.com/y2mw7p9n 

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Oswaks, Molly.
"Elizabeth Smart is Standing Up for Rape Victims, and Tearing Down Purity Culture."
Vice News (2016).

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Allen, C.
"Therapists react to Elizabeth Smart case."
Psychology Today (2003).

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Carrier, S.
"The ongoing mysteries of the Elizabeth Smart case."
Retrieved November 14 (2010): 2015.

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Anthony, Dick.
"» Brainwashing Allegations and the Elizabeth Smart Abduction «."
Centre for Studies on New Religions (2008): 1-8.

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Wong, P. T. P.
"Elizabeth Smart and Stockholm Syndrome."
Retrieved September 21 (2005): 2005.

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Hess, Amanda.
"Elizabeth Smart Says Pro-Abstinence Sex Ed Harms Victims of Rape."
Slate Magazine. Slate 6 (2013).

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Wagner, Danielle B.
"Elizabeth Smart Shares How Teaching Chastity the Wrong Way
at Church Has Harmful, Lasting Effects."
LDS Living (2016).

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Aprill, Morgan.
"The language of trauma: an analysis of A stolen life by Jaycee Dugard
and My story by Elizabeth Smart." (2015).

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Shutt, J. Eagle, J. Mitchell Miller, Christopher J. Schreck, and Nancy K. Brown.
"Reconsidering the leading myths of stranger child abduction."
Criminal Justice Studies 17, no. 1 (2004): 127-134.

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My story | Elizabeth Smart | TEDxUniversityofNevada
2,645,670 views
Jan 31, 2014
Video
https://tinyurl.com/yy2bgofj 

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Elizabeth Smart On The A&E Special: "Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography"
83,388 views
Nov 10, 2017   Video  PART ONE
https://tinyurl.com/yyfts2dw

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1:04:58
Elizabeth Smart's Story (Part #2) | Full Documentary | Biography 
169K views 5 months ago  Video  PART TWO
Elizabeth Smart On The A&E Special: "Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography"
https://tinyurl.com/yyevaa9d

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Elizabeth Smart Never Wants to Watch Her Movie Again | E! Red Carpet & Award Shows
184,510 views
Nov 18, 2017
https://tinyurl.com/yyex4ppj

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Brian David Mitchell Interrogation (March 12, 2003) 
450,876 views
Aug 5, 2011
https://tinyurl.com/y2gmjwl8  

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Elizabeth Smart On The A&E Special:
"Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography"
83,405 views
Nov 10, 2017
https://tinyurl.com/yyfts2dw

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The Day Elizabeth Smart Was Found
Unlisted
443,924 views
Apr 20, 2016
https://tinyurl.com/yxqfy9gl  

 

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Elizabeth Smart Speaks For The First Time
About Pornography's Role In Her Abduction
91,730 views
Feb 20, 2017
https://tinyurl.com/y3z5m9fg 

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ELIZABETH SMART KIDNAPPING DOCUMENTARY - FULL DOCUMENTARY !
563,754 views
Jun 29, 2014
https://tinyurl.com/y44wsg3y
 

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Elizabeth Smart - Malibu Library Speaker Series
28,529 views
Feb 24, 2016
City of Malibu
The disappearance of Elizabeth Smart was one of the most publicized child abduction cases of the modern era.
At just 14 years old, just before graduating from middle school, Elizabeth was abducted at knifepoint
from her own bedroom in the middle of the night. She was brutally ripped away from her home and family and
held captive for nine months. Elizabeth shared her inspiring story of overcoming unimaginable fear, abuse,
and loneliness. She will discuss topics such as triumphing over adversity, the importance and process of recovery,
and not allowing your past to dictate your future. Having lived through a nightmarish experience, Elizabeth shared
her insights about the importance of never giving up hope during times of struggle.
https://tinyurl.com/yynyvpmh

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Elizabeth Smart Speaks at Brian David Mitchell Sentencing
180,283 views
May 25, 2011
https://tinyurl.com/y3ye9ut2 

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CNN Elizabeth Smart‘s Story
41,269 views
Oct 16, 2012
https://tinyurl.com/y5drygl5

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CBS News December 11, 2019, 7:19 AM
Elizabeth Smart's dad describes his children's reaction when they found out he was gay
For decades, the Mormon father of six was tormented with an inner truth he did not want to tell,
including during the investigation of his daughter's abduction, which dominated news coverage at the time.
Elizabeth was kidnapped in June 2002 and rescued nine months later, found only a few miles from her Utah home.
Smart said he was worried his secret would be revealed.|"You know here we are the front page of the Enquirer,"
Smart said.  "So did the police at one point view you as a suspect?" King asked.  "The thing is, when a child goes missing,
the first ones that they have to look at is the family," Smart responded.  He explained one of the theories police had
about Elizabeth's abduction: "They potentially thought that somebody was blackmailing me… because I was gay."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ed-smart-father-of-kidnapping-survivor-elizabeth-smart-coming-out-gay/ 

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RESEARCH GUIDES:
CHILD ABUSE:
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE:

ABUSE OF WOMEN

SEXUAL ABUSE OF WOMEN
KIDNAPPINGS:
ABDUCTIONS: CRIMES:
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN:
RAPES:
ASSAULTS: BRUTALITY:
CLEVELAND, OHIO:
HOUSE OF HORRORS:
Amanda Berry,
Gina DeJesus,
Michelle Knight
Ariel Castro

 

PART 3 NEWS REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

 

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Ariel Castro Kidnappings
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Castro_kidnappings

 

“The Ariel Castro kidnappings took place between 2002 and 2004, when Ariel Castro kidnapped
Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Georgina "Gina" DeJesus and held them captive in his home
in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The three girls were imprisoned
until May 6, 2013, when Berry escaped with her six-year-old daughter, to whom she had given birth
while imprisoned, and contacted the police.^[3][4][5][6] Police rescued Knight and DeJesus and arrested
Castro within hours.

On May 8, 2013, Castro was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.^[1][7]
He pleaded guilty to 937 criminal counts of rape, kidnapping, and aggravated murder, as part
of a plea bargain. He was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years in prison without the possibility of parole.^[8][9]
On September 3, 2013, one month into his sentence, Castro died by suicide after hanging himself with
bed sheets in his prison cell.^[10][11] “

Contents

• 1 Perpetrator background
• 2 Kidnappings
• 2.1 Michelle Knight
• 2.2 Amanda Berry
• 2.3 Gina DeJesus
• 3 Captivity
• 4 Escape and rescue
• 5 Arrest and legal proceedings
• 6 Aftermath
• 6.1 Survivors
• 6.2 House demolition
• 6.3 Castro's death
• 7 Media depictions
• 7.1 Books
• 7.2 Films
• 8 See also
• 9 References”

<snip>

 

“Michelle Knight

Michelle Knight (born April 23, 1981) disappeared on August 23, 2002, after leaving a cousin's house.^[41]
She was 21 years old at the time.^[42] On the day of her disappearance, she was scheduled to appear in court
for a child custody case involving her son Joey, who was in the custody of the state.^[41][43]

Following Knight's rescue, police acknowledged that limited resources had been spent on investigating her
disappearance, in part because she was an adult. Authorities believed that she had run away voluntarily due
to anger over losing custody of her son. According to Cleveland Deputy Police Chief Ed Tomba, she was
"the focus of very few tips".^[44] Some have criticized her removal from the National Crime Information Center database.
This event happened 15 months after she disappeared, so she was largely unknown prior to her rescue.
Cleveland Police and the FBI maintain that her inclusion or exclusion had no bearing on her rescue, however.^[45]

Amanda Berry

Amanda Marie Berry (born April 22, 1986) disappeared on April 21, 2003, the day before her 17th birthday.^[46]
She was last heard from around 8 p.m. when she called her sister to tell her that she was getting a ride home from
her job at a Burger King at West 110th Street and Lorain Avenue.^[36] The FBI initially considered her a runaway
until a week after her disappearance, when an unidentified male used her cell phone to call her mother. He said:
"I have Amanda. She's fine and will be coming home in a couple of days".^[47][48]

Berry was featured in a 2004 segment of Fox's America's Most Wanted (re-aired in 2005 and 2006), which linked
her to Gina DeJesus, who by that point had also gone missing in Cleveland.^[49][50] Berry and DeJesus were profiled
on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Montel Williams Show, where self-proclaimed psychic Sylvia Browne told
Berry's mother Louwana Miller in 2004 that her daughter was dead and that she was "in water".^{[51][52][53][54]}
This pronouncement devastated her mother, causing her to take down pictures and give away Berry's computer.^[55]
However, Miller continued to search for Berry before dying from heart failure in early March 2006.^[49][56] Later that year,
on December 25, 2006, Berry gave birth to a daughter.^[57] DNA evidence has confirmed that Castro was the father
of the child.^[58][59]

Robert Wolford was a prison inmate who had lived in Tremont, and he claimed in July 2012 that he had information
about the location of Berry's body. He led police to an empty lot on Cleveland's West Side, where they conducted
a fruitless search.^[49][60] He was sentenced in January 2013 to 4½ years in prison for obstruction of justice, making
a false report, and making a false alarm.^[61]

Gina DeJesus

Georgina "Gina" Lynn DeJesus (born February 13, 1990) went missing at age 14.^[62] She was last seen at a payphone
around 3 p.m. on April 2, 2004, on the way home from her middle school at West 105th Street and Lorain Avenue.
Figueroa and Castro's daughter Arlene had called Figueroa for permission to have a sleepover at DeJesus's house,
but Figueroa replied that they could not and the two girls parted ways.^[63] Arlene was the last person to see DeJesus
before her disappearance.^[64]

DeJesus was under the impression that Castro was picking her up to drop her off at home, and she trusted Castro
because she was friends with his teenage daughter. No one witnessed her abduction, and an AMBER Alert was not
issued, which angered her father. He said in 2006, "The Amber Alert should work for any missing child. ...
Whether it's an abduction or a runaway, a child needs to be found. We need to change this law".^[60]

A year after her disappearance, the FBI released a composite sketch and description of a male suspect, described as
"Latino, 25 to 35 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m), 165 to 185 pounds (75 to 84 kg), with green eyes, a goatee,
and possibly a pencil-thin beard".^[65] According to court records, Castro was 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m), 179 pounds (81 kg),
 with brown eyes and a goatee.^[66][67] “

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#Nightline #ArielCastro #GinaDeJesus

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Miracle in Cleveland: How it happened

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#newsnight

The FULL interview with Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus - BBC Newsnight

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at the hands of Ariel Castro in Cleveland. This is their first UK TV interview. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F *****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pco06q0R5gU

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How Officers Made Rescue on Seymour Avenue

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Ariel Castro's ex speaks out about their relationship
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Lillian Roldan dated Ariel Castro from 2000 to 2003 and says he was always a gentleman.  
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#ABCNews #ABC2020 #Documentary

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500,457 views

•Jan 4, 2020

ABC News

9.88M subscribers

Michelle Knight’s life before she was abducted for 11 years in Cleveland:

Part 1 Before Knight became the first of three girls abducted by Ariel Castro,
she says she had a traumatic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJTy_84X-k

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#ABCNews #ABC2020 #Documentary
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#ABCNews #ABC2020 #Documentary
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#ABCNews #ABC2020 #Documentary
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Gina DeJesus is third, youngest girl abducted by Ariel Castro: Part 4
DeJesus was kidnapped at 14 years old, when Castro asked her to help him find his daughter.
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#ABCNews #ABC2020 #Documentary

Trapped | 20/20 | PART 5

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Girls abducted by Ariel Castro too frightened to attempt an escape:
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Amanda Berry said they thought about escaping but were too scared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J40L9AizKAs&t=38s

 

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New | 20/20 Captive: A Journey of Hope and Survival
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20/20 features Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus 2 years after escaping from Ariel Castro
in the Cleveland Abduction.  20/20 was released new reports name is . Dateline was released
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Profile: Cleveland abductor Ariel Castro
4 September 2013
BBC News 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-22444882

When friends and neighbours held a vigil to mark another year of Gina DeJesus' disappearance,
Ariel Castro was there, comforting her mother.

But Castro had held Ms DeJesus in his house in Cleveland, Ohio, for almost a decade, along with
Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and a girl born to Ms Berry in captivity in 2007.

He was sentenced in August 2013 to life imprisonment without parole plus 1,000 years, after pleading
guilty to 937 charges including aggravated murder, kidnapping, rape and assault that allowed him
to avoid the death penalty.

He was found dead in his cell at a correctional centre in central Ohio in the evening of 3 September.

'Regular guy'

When the charges against Castro emerged, neighbours in the heavily Hispanic, working-class area were
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#newsnight

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•Apr 27, 2015

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the story of their kidnap and abuse at the hands of Ariel Castro in Cleveland. This is their first UK TV interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pco06q0R5gU&list=PLUKQO5ZJdYeHzJ5Hc9bbJ5WtGe8YJ4_5S&index=25 

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Cleveland Kidnapping: Survivors Never Lost Hope
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Cleveland Kidnapping Survivor Michelle Knight Talks About New Life, Marriage | Megyn Kelly TODAY
2,658,133 views
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Almost five years after her escape from the Cleveland home of Ariel Castro, who held her and two others captive
for over a decade, Michelle Knight (now known as Lily Rose Lee) joins Megyn Kelly TODAY to talk about
her ordeal and her new memoir, “Life After Darkness.” She talks about her recent marriage and her prospects
for having a child.

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Michelle Knight’s triumph over captor Ariel Castro: ‘He doesn’t define who I am’
Platte River Radio

(NEW YORK) — Michelle Knight had known unimaginable hardship long before she was abducted in 2002 at the age of 21,
then held captive and repeatedly raped and tortured for nearly 11 years by Ariel Castro, a school bus driver and local musician.

She’d fought to overcome what she says was the trauma of sexual abuse by a male relative, living on the streets and later losing
custody of her son.

She survived still when she escaped Castro’s grip in 2013 and was told by doctors that she had only days to live. She continued
fighting by facing her perpetrator in court. And, with time, she found love and created a new family to surround her.

“You can overcome all obstacles that stand in your way,” Knight shared in an interview with ABC News.
“Don’t let the darkness control your light in your life.”

Knight and the two other women who were kidnapped by Castro as teens, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus,
shared their stories of survival with 20/20.

https://tinyurl.com/y2amjuwl

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Ariel Castro “Cleveland Kinappings”
Wild About Trial
https://tinyurl.com/y5qs2xml

Background

After a more than a decade, missing teens Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight
were discovered in a neglected house in Cleveland, Ohio. Berry broke out the house and called
for help, leading to the rescue of the women and one young girl. Prosecutors have charged their
alleged captor with multiple counts of kidnapping, rape and aggravated homicide and are
exploring a possible death sentence.

Charges

— Two counts of aggravated murder. The victims testified that Ariel Castro starved and
punched one of the women until she miscarried.

— 446 counts of rape

—512 counts of kidnapping.

— Seven counts of gross sexual imposition.

— Six counts of felonious assault.

— Three counts of child endangerment.

— One count of possessing criminal tools.

 

Castro ultimately pleaded guilty to 937 counts including kidnapping and rape,
avoiding a lengthy trial and possibly the death penalty.
He was sentenced August 1 to life in prison plus 1,000 years.

Download list of charges

Court Documents  [Download all Court Documents]

Facts

Players

Videos

Legal Commentary

https://wildabouttrial.com/trial-coverage/ariel-castro-cleveland-kinappings/

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Daughter of Kidnapping Survivor Amanda Berry Is Now 13
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The women who survived being kidnapped by Ariel Castro and kept in his so-called
"House of Horrors" in Ohio are now speaking out about their experiences and how
they’re rebuilding their lives. Michelle Knight, 38, Amanda Berry, 33, and Gina DeJesus, 29,
were held captive for more than nine years in a Cleveland, Ohio home by Ariel Castro.
The women were kidnapped between 2002 and 2004, during which time no one knew
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SJilLFYvVo

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Amanda Berry and Charles Ramsey reunited for the first time

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FOX 8 News Cleveland

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An unforgettable and exclusive interview. Amanda Berry is reunited with the man who helped save her life

on Seymour Avenue six years ago.

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Charles Ramsey talks about rescuing Amanda Berry, says Ariel Castro was a huge R.M.G. fan

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Charles Ramsey helped rescue kidnap victim Amanda Berry, who was held captive for 10 years.

He discusses that day, and says her abductor, Ariel Castro, was a huge Rover fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ll6dPTNdxM 

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Charles Ramsey Full Four Best Interviews + Uncensored 911 Call

323,905 views

May 8, 2013

loaloauk

Note: the Part Two video with Carles Ramsey best interviews is now on line here! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnwyoQ....

Here is the part one video with the four best interviews ( so far ) of Charles Ramsey, who helped Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and

Michelle Knight to escape, a true american hero! In opening, you will also find his now famous 911 call in a uncensored version

( i.e with no "bips"! ) Not only Charles Ramsey is an american hero, but he is also an awesome storyteller and a true character

as well as a great human being who - as Orson Welles once said about John Ford - obviously know "what the earth is made of".

He also reminds me these great characters that you can see in Quentin Tarantino movies, Quentin should hire him for his next movie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xiI-Ao01Bo 

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Charles Ramsey & John Kosich talk Seymour Avenue, Dead Giveaway & much more two years later.
133,233 views
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News 5 Cleveland
Two years after their interview on Seymour Avenue went viral with over 17 million views,
Charles Ramsey and Newschannel 5's John Kosich talk Seymour Avenue, Dead Giveaway
and even Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-rFjF5YZYk

https://tinyurl.com/y4nj5kr6

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Charles Ramsey: from dish washer to celebrity
34,344 views
Oct 22, 2013
Channel 4 News
Charles Ramsey found fame after giving a spirited TV interview following his rescue of a woman who had been kidnapped
and imprisoned for 10 years. How has his sudden stardom changed his life? Inigo Gilmore reports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKc3b4zdiSA

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Charles Ramsey Best Interviews Part 2

142,396 views

•Jun 5, 2013

loaloauk

Here is the part two video with a new selection of Charles Ramsey best interviews. You can see the part one here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xiI-A...

In this Part Two video you'll find five different interviews, and each have something special...

In the Part One you had interviews who were filmed the day the three girls were free by charles, or in the two days later, but these new

interviews were filmed a bit later and you can see how Charles life has started to change. The last interview is the long one that he did

with Rock Newman and the fourth interview is not-to-be-missed as Charles is visiting the USS Sequoia Presidential Yacht and answer

to the questions lying down on the presidential bed with the seal of the president of the United States in the background! It's a totally

surrealistic scene, and of course in each interview Charles is great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnwyoQOrpos 

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Charles Ramsey Best Interviews Part 2

142,394 views

•Jun 5, 2013

loaloauk

Here is the part two video with a new selection of Charles Ramsey best interviews. You can see the part one here:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xiI-A...

In this Part Two video you'll find five different interviews, and each have something special... In the Part One you had interviews

who were filmed the day the three girls were free by charles, or in the two days later, but these new interviews were filmed a bit

later and you can see how Charles life has started to change. The last interview is the long one that he did with Rock Newman and

the fourth interview is not-to-be-missed as Charles is visiting the USS Sequoia Presidential Yacht and answer to the questions lying

down on the presidential bed with the seal of the president of the United States in the background! It's a totally surrealistic scene,

and of course in each interview Charles is great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJDj1M2bzIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnwyoQOrpos

 

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Whatever Happened to Charles Ramsey (Dead Giveaway)?
609,347 views
Sep 5, 2018
On may 6th 2013, Charles Ramsey and a handful of Cleveland citizens would end up discovering
and rescuing 3 girls whom had been kidnapped for nearly 10 years. Charles Ramsey would go onto
a deliver an interview which would be turned into a songified remix by schmoyoho. This song
"Dead Giveaway" would go insanely viral making Charles Ramsey a living meme overnight.
Shortly after the rescue happened, news about Ramsey slowed down and we stopped hearing
about him. In this video, we go into the full story and answer the question,
"Whatever Happened to Charles Ramsey?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFj9tXBb8kM

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Charles Ramsey recounts heroic day

1,556,578 views

•May 7, 2013

CNN

10.8M subscribers

Charles Ramsey tells Anderson Cooper how he found Amanda Berry, a woman who vanished years ago,

in his neighbor's house. For more CNN videos, visit our site at

http://www.cnn.com/video/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5elloa4kOc&t=21s

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Amanda Berry and Charles Ramsey reunited for the first time
1,598,280 views
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An unforgettable and exclusive interview.
Amanda Berry is reunited with the man who helped save her life on Seymour Avenue six years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgownXvnbs4

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Amanda Berry And Elizabeth Smart Meet - Crime Watch Daily With Chris Hansen

459,413 views

•Mar 1, 2017

True Crime Daily

Kidnapping survivors Elizabeth Smart and Amanda Berry meet for the first time and talk about surviving captivity.

Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City, Utah home as a teenager by Brian David Mitchell and his wife

Wanda Eileen Barzee. Berry, Gina DeJesus, and and Michelle Knight were kidnapped by Ariel Castro, who went

on to kill himself in prison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGB8PzxhHi0

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Charles Ramsey original "Dead Giveaway" interview in HD

917,403 views

•May 5, 2016

News 5 Cleveland

HD version of the interview with Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey that went viral the night

he helped rescue three women on Cleveland's Seymour Avenue May 6, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPoA2f11UPk

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Nurses Talk About First Night of Freedom for Gina, Amanda and Michelle

306,279 views

May 5, 2014

FOX 8 News Cleveland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO8Y8igX8EE 

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Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus Found: Mother Knew Suspect Ariel Castro for Years

197,186 views

May 10, 2013

ABC News Nancy Ruiz says Ariel Castro would often ask how she's holding up without her daughter. 

For more on this story, click here:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/amanda-berry...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgggaWUCHj4

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#ABCNews

Women kidnapped, held captive for a decade speak out l ABC News

158,732 views

•Jan 3, 2020

ABC News

9.89M subscribers

ABC News’ Robin Roberts sits down with Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus to

discuss the strength they found together during their horrific capture. READ MORE:

https://abcn.ws/37BF0Hd #ABCNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccNstXAKqUg 

 

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Cleveland missing women found

23,539 views

May 7, 2013

Channel 4 News

When Charles Ramsey heard screaming coming from his neighbour's house in Cleveland, Ohio,

he found the woman was Amanda Berry, who had been missing for 10 years.

Police later discovered two more women. Washington Correspondent Matt Frei reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVsWnsiY6hg

 

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Michelle Knight Shares Message of Hope
17,953 views
May 9, 2014
FOX 8 News Cleveland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xTZQVIUK8

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Michelle Knight speaks on 2nd anniversary of escape

8,850 views

May 6, 2015

FOX 8 News Cleveland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AtvLM_2CvE

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Michelle Knight talks with cleveland.com on the 5th anniversary of the Ariel Castro story

2,729 views

May 2, 2018

Michelle Knight, now known as Lily Rose Lee, spoke with cleveland.com on the 5th anniversary

of being freed from Ariel Castro's house.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veR12xquZoY

 

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Kidnapping survivor's message to Jayme Closs
26,812 views
Jan 16, 2019
CNN
Lily Rose Lee, formerly Michelle Knight, was the first of the three Cleveland women who were abducted.
Now, Lee shares her story to help Jayme Closs. #CNN #News 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpDN4qLLNpQ

 

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#GMB #PiersMorgan #SusannaReid

Michelle Knight Escaped After Being Kidnapped and Imprisoned for 11 Years |

Good Morning Britain

75,268 views

•Jan 15, 2020

Good Morning Britain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXCmuGoK_qI

 

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#TamronHallShow #TamronHall
Kidnapping Survivor Michelle Knight On Forgiveness, Love, & Trust
8,490 views
Feb 20, 2020
Kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight (AKA Lily Rose Lee) talks rebuilding a new life
after being held in captivity and tortured by Ariel Castro for 11 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be_ySMuzxds

 

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Cleveland escapee Michelle Knight: 'Take the bad in life and replace it'
Speaking at public library, Knight describes going outside for the first time: ‘It felt like my eyes were being fried like eggs’
Published: 15 Mar 2015
The Guardian
[Includes a group of related articles regarding Ariel Castro’s kidnappings and sadistic torture]
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/michelle-knight 

 

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• News

Wednesday marks 7 years since 3 abducted women held captive for 10 years escaped from Cleveland home
WOIO 19

By Chris Anderson | May 6, 2020 at 10:49 AM EDT - Updated May 6 at 10:54 AM

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Wednesday marks seven years since Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight
escaped from a Seymour Avenue home in Cleveland after being held captive for more than a decade.

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Knight, who also goes by the name Lily Rose Lee, was taken by Castro in 2002.
He impregnated her several times and then beat her until she miscarried, Knight says.

https://tinyurl.com/y65wvee2

 

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Do Most Sexual Abuse Survivors Lose their Childhood |
Amanda Perry, Michelle Knight, & Gina DeJesus |
Dana West, LCSW Orlando Abuse Counselor

https://tinyurl.com/y3r4t6ob 

Darkness into Light

Fleeing from the pits of darkness, Amanda Perry, 27, escaped from being held hostage for over a decade. 
She called 911 at a neighbor’s house and found freedom after 10 years being held hostage. 
She wasn’t the only one, Georgina “Gina” DeJesus, 23, and Michele Knight, 32, were found alive
Monday night after they vanished a decade ago near their Cleveland homes.
Ariel Castro, the accused abductor, is a school bus driver who was in a musical band in the community
where the teenagers were abducted.

CFN 13 Interviews Orlando Sexual Abuse Expert Dana West, MSW, LCSW

Do Most Sexual Abuse Survivors Lose their Childhood?

How to Identify Sexual Abuse or Assault Victims | 15 most common symptoms

1.    Anxiety – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Phobias & Panic Attacks

2.    Depression

3.    Addictions/Substance Abuse, Compulsive Shopping, Gambling

4.    Sexual Dysfunction or Promiscuous Behavior such as little interest in sexual relations
with their spouse or extramarital affairs

5.    Eating Disorders/Obesity

6.    Dysfunctional Interpersonal Relationships with significant others, family members, or employers

7.    Suicidal Ideation or Suicide Attempts

8.    Self-Destructive Behaviors

9.    Rage/Anger Issues

10.                       Insomnia or Sleep Disorders

11.                       Lying, Stealing, and Truancy

12.                       Excessive Guilt or Shame

13.                       Low Self-Esteem

14.                       Chronic Headaches

15.                       Controlling Behaviors

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Amanda Berry: 5 years later

917,585 views

•May 1, 2018

FOX 8 News Cleveland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq2lT9216yU 

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EVIL GAME

Ariel Castro kidnap victims reveal monster made them JEALOUS of each other
by picking favorites to get more food

• By Liz Little
• Jack Williams
  THE U.S. SUN
  Jan 2 2020, 6:01
• Updated: Jan 3 2020, 3:54

https://tinyurl.com/yxpa9w4o

 

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DAYS FROM DEATH Cleveland kidnapping survivor reveals
she had just TWO DAYS to live when she finally escaped after 11 years
Alexander Matthews
Jan 15 2020, 5:54 ETUpdated: Jan 15 2020, 8:37 ET
THE SUN
https://tinyurl.com/y5gv4uzx 

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From Prisoner To Empowered Young Woman, the Courageous Story of Gina Dejesus

By John Deike | May 6, 2019 at 11:29 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 11:29 PM

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - All eyes were on Cleveland in 2013 when Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus
were found alive, after being held captive by Ariel Castro for years on Seymour Avenue.

Berry broke loose from Castro’s homemade prison, and ran into the arms of neighbor Charles Ramsey.

WOIO NEWS 19
https://tinyurl.com/y4rq7kxk  

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Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus speak to public

702,807 views

May 1, 2015

News 5 Cleveland

Amanda Berry & Gina DeJesus thank Cleveland for their support! Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry,
two of three women who were kidnapped as young women and held against their will by Ariel Castro
for more than a decade, made statements to the public in a press conference Friday May 1, 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY0FB3m4EEQ

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Michelle Knight five years later

67,387 views
May 4, 2018
FOX 8 News Cleveland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlojQEqlo6M

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Michelle Knight returns to house of horrors

542,270 views

Aug 2, 2013

CNN

Michelle Knight makes a final visit to the house where

she was held captive for so many years. Martin Savidge reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-o3uxWXjCg

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    Metro
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight megablog: Ongoing updates
Updated Jan 12, 2019; Posted May 07, 2013
By Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com
Missing women crime scene home investigated by police
CLEVELAND, Ohio —
Three longtime missing women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight,
were found alive Monday, apparently kidnapped and held for years as prisoners inside a house
on Cleveland's near West Side.
Cleveland.com

Listen to Charles Ramsey's 9-1-1 call to police after he found Amanda Berry.
The victims were taken to MetroHealth Hospital in Cleveland, and were released this morning
in good condition.  Police this morning said they arrested Ariel Castro, 52, and his two brothers:
Pedro Castro, 54 and Onil Castro, 50. Police have yet to question the victims extensively,
saying they're more concerned for their well-being at this time.
https://tinyurl.com/y337k44v

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Cleveland Kidnapping Survivor Michelle Knight Says 'Certain Smells and Light Fixtures'
Still Trigger Her 5 Years Later

Time
Michelle Knight has worked hard to move on with her life in the five years since she was freed after
more than a decade of brutal captivity in a Cleveland house. But some things still draw her back
to that dark time in her life.  “I do have triggers. Certain smells. Light fixtures with chain pulls,”
she said in a recent interview for NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today. The smells are all things that viscerally
remind her of her captor, Ariel Castro, and the brutal beatings he often inflicted on her after he
kidnapped her off a street in 2002.
https://tinyurl.com/yxmbvl3g

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Cleveland kidnapping victims realize dream to graduate high school
Thursday, May 28, 2015
ABC 30
https://tinyurl.com/yyatnsb2
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland kidnapping victims Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus were teenagers
when they were kidnapped by Ariel Castro in 2003 and 2004. This week, the pair got to realize
one of the life achievements they were robbed of during their decade in captivity --
walking across the stage in caps and gowns at their high school graduation.

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Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry Honored at Hope Awards in D.C.
82,359 views
May 6, 2014
FOX 8 News Cleveland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-pp2qMaABE&feature=emb_rel_end

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Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight speak out for the first time

103,271 views
May 3, 2018
WKYC Channel 3
July 9, 2013:
Just a few weeks after escaping years of captivity and torture,
the three kidnapped women released this video to thank the community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOnz6WMQOpI&feature=emb_rel_end 

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Michelle Knight Speaks About Experience, New Book
99,426 views
May 9, 2014
FOX 8 News Cleveland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srpHzv5FegE 

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Michelle Knights FOX 8 News in The Morning interview part 2
25,218 views
May 19, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbVQ5YttLG8

FOX 8 News Cleveland
This interview segment continues the segment immediately above
“Michelle Knight Speaks About Experience, New Book”

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Amanda Berry 
150,249 views
Feb 6, 2017
FOX 8 News Cleveland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ka71NFQ62Q&t=51s

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Amanda Berry`s 3-year anniversary at FOX 8

11,048 views

Feb 7, 2020

FOX 8 News Cleveland

63.3K subscribers

Today is a very special day here at fox 8. It`s the three-year anniversary

Of when our own amanda berry became part of our t-v family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XorInyzqf6E

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#ClevelandHouseOfHorrors #MelRobbinsShow #SelfHelp
Michelle Knight: Cleveland House of Horrors | The Mel Robbins Show
309,609 views
Jan 31, 2020
Mel talks to Michelle Knight, who is one of three young women held captive
while being tortured, starved and sexually abused for over 10 years.
Michelle reveals details about her fight for survival and her traumatic experience
at the so-called Cleveland house of horrors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-dJF5Lc6xg&t=14s

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Let's Be Clear: Gina Dejesus

12,245 views

Jan 9, 2020

William Ujek

A Let's Be Clear interview with "Miracle in Cleveland" survivor, Gina DeJesus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUk6i5y0U8I&feature=emb_rel_end

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Ariel Castro the Cleveland Kidnapper and his Victim Michelle Knight Speak
The New York Times
40,200 views
Aug 1, 2013
The New York Times At Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing on Thursday, Michelle Knight
told her captor that she could forgive him, but never forget. Castro apologized to the victims
and claimed he was "not a monster."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEB9ehaUeF0 

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5 Facts You May Not Know About Cleveland 'House Of Horrors' Kidnapper Ariel Castro

How a fired school bus driver abducted three young women and held them in his home for a decade —
until one victim escaped with the daughter she’d had in captivity.
May 06, 2019
Investigative Discovery.com 
https://tinyurl.com/y2hqkar2

1. Dating Back To The 1980s, Ariel Castro Had A History Of
Domestic Abuse & Threatening Neighbors

2. In 2004, Castro Left A Child On The School Bus He Was Driving —
& Police Visited The Home Where The Women Were Locked Up

3. Castro’s Neighbors Told Police About Strange Incidents, Including
“Naked Women Crawling Around,” But No Legal Action Was Taken

4. While Studying Journalism In 2004, Ariel Castro’s Son
Wrote A Newspaper Article About Abduction Victim Gina DeJesus

5. Emily Castro, Ariel’s Daughter, Is In Prison For Attempting To Murder Her 11-Month-Old Baby

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Prosecutor: Ariel Castro could face death penalty 
Donna Leinwand Leger and Gary Strauss,
USA TODAY  May 10, 2013
https://tinyurl.com/yxebpa75 
https://tinyurl.com/y5g38erv

 

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A timeline of the Ariel Castro kidnappings and rescue of Berry, Knight and DeJesus on May 6, 2013
34,534 views
May 3, 2018
cleveland.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ccwsx8AAdg

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Three Women, Missing for 10 Years, Found Alive

1,094,881 views

May 7, 2013

ABC News 30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQYaL1GmFM

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Society
'I think we're free now:' Cleveland kidnapping survivors describe their escape
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
ABC NEWS 30
https://tinyurl.com/yxm3ttrq

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Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus on Their Improbable Survival Story
29,324 views
Apr 28, 2015 
ABC News
https://tinyurl.com/yxm3ttrq

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Miracle in Cleveland: How it happened
39,702 views
May 1, 2018
WKYC Channel 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixdQH8i0Daw

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Michelle Knight: On being held captive by Ariel Castro
715,306 views
•Nov 4, 2013
CNN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLhlmnN-PRs

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"Sheer torture" Michelle Knight tells of her captivity by Ariel Castro -
BBC News
1,262,177 views
May 15, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-vtAYdnoZ4 

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Michelle Knight offers hope 2 years after release|
Russ Mitchell
WKYC-TV, Cleveland
https://tinyurl.com/yxocya9g

“Knight was the first to be kidnapped in 2002 when she was 21. Castro kept her locked
in chains in his home for a year before he kidnapped Berry, who was 16 at the time.
In 2004, he abducted DeJesus, then age 14. For 11 years, he tortured, beat and raped the women.

Castro, 53, was convicted of kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder charges in connection
with their abductions. He was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years for his crimes.

After a month in prison, Castro committed suicide in his prison cell in September 2013.

Knight, 34, spoke this week about her life then and now, her fears and her hopes for the future.

The trio escaped May 6, 2013, when a neighbor heard Berry scream for help.

"It's hard for me to believe that I actually got out alive and I'm here," she said.
"Because there were days that I thought I wasn't going to make it."

Knight said that she had been told she didn't have very long to live because she had
a bacterial infection.

"And amazingly I actually survived it. And I'm here. I'm talking to everybody and
I'm giving hope to people." ”

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Kidnapping survivor's message to Jayme Closs

New Day

Lily Rose Lee, formerly Michelle Knight,
was the first of the three Cleveland women who were abducted.
Now, Lee shares her story to help Jayme Closs.

Source: CNN

https://tinyurl.com/yyjvuj5v

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Michelle Knight on Ariel Castro abduction:
'I knew that nobody would look for me' – video

Simon Hattenstone, Alex Healey and Mustafa Khalili,
The Guardian.Com

Tue 6 May 2014 18.05 EDT

https://tinyurl.com/yywub8nv
In an extensive interview, Knight tells Simon Hattenstone how she survived 11 years of horrendous abuse in captivity,
and how she is trying to put her life back together again.  Finding Me, A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed
by Michelle Knight, is published in the UK and US by Weinstein books.

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Kidnapped a block from home. Eleven years Ariel Castro's captive.
How Michelle Knight survived

Simon Hattenstone

Michelle Knight likes to sing, box and sleep with the curtains open –
all things she was unable to do for the 11 years she was Ariel Castro's prisoner.
On the anniversary of her escape, she talks exclusively to Simon Hattenstone
Simon Hattenstone interviews Michelle Knight – video

https://tinyurl.com/yxzkmvsh

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Ariel Castro kidnap survivor: 'I was strung up like a fish' - video
Source: Reuters
Tue 5 Nov 2013 07.37 EST First published on Tue 5 Nov 2013 07.37 EST

https://tinyurl.com/y4vl85u5

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Victim confronts Ariel Castro: "Your hell is just beginning"

41,054 views

•Aug 1, 2013

CNN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nWk_cM5Mzo 

 

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3 years ago Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were rescued

By Cleveland 19 Digital Team |
May 6, 2016 at 11:05 AM EDT - Updated July 2 at 11:40 AM
https://tinyurl.com/y4n2tuwg

 

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1. Mark Naymik

Charles Ramsey watched as Amanda Berry kicked her way out of Ariel Castro's house -
and other revelations in new memoir about Cleveland abduction

Updated Jan 11, 2019; Posted Apr 28, 2015

Cleveland.com

https://tinyurl.com/yy94hkab

 

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The Current

From a house of horrors to a happy ending: Cleveland kidnapping survivor finds love

Social Sharing: Ariel Castro victim Michelle Knight now runs foundation
to help other survivors of abuse

CBC Radio · Posted: Aug 17, 2018 11:48 AM ET | Last Updated: August 17, 2018

https://tinyurl.com/yy3ngy5n

 

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Five years of freedom: How Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight
are doing now

Posted at 10:03 AM, May 06, 2018
and last updated 2:08 PM, May 06, 2018
News Channel 5 Nashville
https://tinyurl.com/yxacehpq

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How Cleveland Kidnapping Survivor Michelle Knight Found Love After Her Captivity

Knight wed Miguel Rodriguez on May 6, 2016 —
the third anniversary of Knight's rescue from the Cleveland home of her abductor, Ariel Castro
By Greg Hanlon and Elaine Aradillas
April 25, 2018 08:10 AM
https://tinyurl.com/y4s6zpqt

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Ohio kidnap victims break silence to say 'thank you'
Doug Stanglin and Laura Petrecca
USA TODAY
July 9’ 2013
https://tinyurl.com/y6sqjtj9 

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Nelly reveals why he invited kidnap survivor Amanda Berry on stage
NBC
https://tinyurl.com/yxaa4vrm

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Amanda Berry And Elizabeth Smart Meet - Crime Watch Daily With Chris Hansen
460,557 views
Mar 1, 2017
Crime Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGB8PzxhHi0&feature=emb_rel_end

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Elizabeth Smart brings together group of abduction survivors
49,707 views
Apr 27, 2019
ABC News
In her new special, Smart brings together six women who were held captive
to discuss their experiences, how they've moved on,
and they lend advice to Jayme Closs, who was kidnapped for 88 days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KBpnQcY5tI

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Ariel Castro's son: 'Behind bars is where he belongs'
244,030 views 
Jul 29, 2013 
mrtodayvideos6
The son of the Cleveland man who will spend the rest of his life in jail for imprisoning three women for a decade said his father received the "best possible sentence" for a violent streak he has witnessed since childhood.  I think that if he really can't control his impulses and he really doesn't have any value for human life, the way this case has shown, then behind bars is where he belongs for the rest of his life," he told TODAY's Savannah Guthrie in TODAY exclusive interview.  Castro said he will probably never visit his father in prison.  "I have nothing to say to him," he said.  Though he grew up in a house "with a lot of fear and violence," Castro said his father "wasn't a monster 24/7." Still, "if you crossed him, there would be consequences. I remember crying myself to sleep when I was a kid, because my legs were covered in welts from belts." 
The three women who were abducted — Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight — were taken from the Cleveland streets between 2002 and 2004. They were freed in May after Berry broke partway through a door of Castro's house and screamed for help while her captive was away.
Investigators say Castro beat them, raped them and sometimes chained them in the basement. Castro fathered a daughter, now 6, with Berry, authorities have said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkpDRquzxvI&feature=emb_rel_end 

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Michelle Knight on Ariel Castro: my abduction didn't define who I am
One of three women held captive in a Cleveland house for a decade
before escaping last year tells the Guardian about her ordeal

The Guardian
US news
Raya Jalabi
@rayajalabi
Wed 7 May 2014 05.28 EDT First published on Tue 6 May 2014 20.51 EDT
https://tinyurl.com/y2ef8tv5

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Ohio kidnap victims break silence to say 'thank you'

Doug Stanglin and Laura Petrecca

USA TODAY
https://tinyurl.com/y6sqjtj9
The three young women held captive in a Cleveland home for almost a decade are thanking the public
for its support in their first public statements
since their rescue in May.Smiling and appearing upbeat, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight
speak separately in a three-minute, 30-second video released on YouTube."I may have been through hell
and back, but I am strong enough to walk through hell with a smile on my face and my head held high,"
Knight says, reading from a statement. "I will not let the situation define who I am. I will define the situation.
I don't want to be consumed by hatred."The 32-year-old Knight, who was 21 when she disappeared,
says she is building a "brand new life."The video was filmed July 2 and released by the Hennes Paynter
Communications public relations agency on the women's behalf with the cooperation of their lawyers.

 

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Mark Naymik
Charles Ramsey watched as Amanda Berry kicked her way out of Ariel Castro's house -
and other revelations in new memoir about Cleveland abduction
Updated Jan 11, 2019; Posted Apr 28, 2015
cleveland.com

https://tinyurl.com/yy94hkab
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Charles Ramsey, the fast-talking dishwasher from Cleveland's Seymour Avenue,
has long been hailed as a hero for kicking out the bottom panel of his neighbor's storm door to help

free Amanda Berry from the home where she, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were locked up for

10 years.But his role was less dramatic than was originally portrayed, according to Amanda Berry

and Gina DeJesus' new memoir, "Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland," about their lives as

captives of Ariel Castro.Berry writes that she freed herself, though she credits Ramsey with

responding to her calls and initially kicking at the door panel and coaching her to do the same. 

"Finish kicking it out, Mama," Ramsey said after retreating, according to the book.Berry writes that

while she was kicking the door, she was thinking, "Why doesn't he kick it in for me?  "He's just

standing there watching me," she writes. "Why won't anybody help me?   I start pounding at the

panel with my sneakers, kicking and kicking until finally I smash out enough of it for me to squeeze

through. I crawled outside and then reach in and pull [my daughter] out after me."

 

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Ariel Castro's son: 'Behind bars is where he belongs'

244,391 views

July 29, 2013

mrtodayvideos6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkpDRquzxvI
The son of the Cleveland man who will spend the rest of his life in jail for imprisoning three women
for a decade said his father received the "best possible sentence" for a violent streak he has witnessed
since childhood. I think that if he really can't control his impulses and he really doesn't have any value
for human life, the way this case has shown, then behind bars is where he belongs for the rest of his life,"
he told TODAY's Savannah Guthrie in TODAY exclusive interview. Castro said he will probably never visit
his father in prison. "I have nothing to say to him," he said. Though he grew up in a house "with a lot
of fear and violence," Castro said his father "wasn't a monster 24/7." Still, "if you crossed him, there

would be consequences. I remember crying myself to sleep when I was a kid, because my legs were

covered in welts from belts."

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Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found hanged after one month in jail
Man who imprisoned Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight for years
received life sentence a month ago
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/04/us-crime-usa

The Ohio man who kidnapped three young women and repeatedly raped them in his home for nearly a decade
was found hanging in his cell and is believed to have killed himself, a prison official said Wednesday. 
Ariel Castro, 53, had started serving a life prison term after being sentenced last month to life in prison
plus 1,000 years on his guilty plea in one of the country's most sensational criminal cases in recent history. 
Castro was found in his cell Tuesday night, JoEllen Smith, Ohio department of rehabilitation
and correction spokeswoman, said early Wednesday. Prison medical staff performed CPR before he was
transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead  He had been in protective custody because
of the notoriety of his case, meaning he was checked every 30 minutes, but he was not on suicide watch,
Smith said. She said suicide watch entails constant observation.

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Cleveland Kidnapping Survivor Michelle Knight Is Married Five Years After Escape From Captivity
"I've got really good news for you," she told the talk-show host while smiling broadly. "I'm married!"

By Elaine Aradillas

April 10, 2018 03:59 PM

People
https://tinyurl.com/y3spkvzb

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Cleveland kidnapping survivors Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus on journey from captivity to helping others
Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus spoke openly about their decade in captivity.

By Allie Yang,  Alexa Valiente, and Joseph Diaz

January 1, 2020, 4:03 AM

• 22 min read

https://tinyurl.com/y5lno9z4 
One week after Amanda Berry’s abduction, Castro calls her family
Berry was missing for a week when her family received a late-night call from Castro,
who taunted them using Berry’s cell phone.  “He called and said, ‘I have Mandy,’ which,
nobody called her Mandy but [people] who knew her,” said Beth Serrano,   Berry’s sister.
“'She wants to be with me.'”  In 2003, the FBI was just starting to develop technology that
could track a cell phone’s  location if it was turned on. With that information, they were
able to narrow down that her phone had been used within a thirty to forty block area. 
“We spent about a week, around the clock, in that area, hoping that this phone would
be used again,” FBI agent Tim Kolonik said. But Castro never used Berry’s phone again. 
“That was the last we heard of anything,” Serrano said.

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Dateline

Michelle Knight
NBC News
Michelle Knight is telling her story in an exclusive primetime interview with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie.
Knight says she relied on inner strength and hope to survive more than a decade of relentless abuse at the
hands of her captor, Ariel Castro. She writes about breaking free from Castro’s Cleveland home and her fresh
start in her new book, Finding Me.

https://tinyurl.com/y3uway7l 

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Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus Found: Alleged Kidnap Victims Left House Twice in Decade

38,437 views

May 9, 2013

ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSFlL_9tVHQ 

New information surfaces about alleged kidnap case as the victims return home.

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Society

Cleveland kidnapping victims realize dream to graduate high school
Thursday, May 28, 2015

ABC 13 NEWS HOUSTON, TEXAS

https://abc13.com/amanda-berry-gina-dejesus-michelle-knight-ariel-castro/746925/ 

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Missing: Timeline of Events

19 NEWS CLEVELAND

https://www.cleveland19.com/story/22179305/missing-timeline-of-events/

Excerpt

2007 - Age progression photo released of Gina.

April 2010 - A prayer march in Cleveland for Gina DeJesus who disappeared six years ago April 2nd.
Her family and friends gathered to re-trace her steps from the last place she was seen.

July 2010 - Gina's parents joined forces with the Williamsport, PA Crosscutters. 
Gina's picture appeared on the baseball team's photo, given out to fans.

April 2012 - Monday night family, friends and activists gathered for a vigil at W. 105th and Lorain --
the same spot the 14-year old was last seen.

Michelle Knight

August 22, 2002 - Michelle Knight disappeared. She was 21 years old.

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight

May 6, 2013 - Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight found safe in a home
on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland.

After the women were found:

May 7, 2013 - In a touching moment, report Bill Safos kept his promise to Amanda Berry's mother
and wore the shirt and tie she asked him to wear "when Mandy comes home."

For the first time, we heard from the family of Michelle Knight.

May 8, 2013 - Around 11:30 a.m., Amanda Berry returned home.

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Seymour Avenue survivor Michelle Knight speaks out on fourth anniversary of rescue

By: Mike Brookbank

Posted at 10:31 PM, May 06, 2017

and last updated 7:23 AM, May 07, 2017

ABC NEWS 13 Cleveland, Ohio
https://tinyurl.com/y63aemuj

 

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Cleveland Kidnapping Victim on 'Dr. Phil': Michelle Knight Talks More Abuse,

Life with Other Girls

Hollywood Reporter
https://tinyurl.com/y5cx2soy
She also reveals how she felt when she was finally free.

Cleveland kidnapping victim Michelle Knight continued discussing the disturbing details of her decade in captivity with
Ariel Castro in part two an exclusive interview that aired on Wednesday's Dr. Phil.  Knight revealed what happened when
additional victims Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus arrived and how she felt when she was finally free.  Knight talked
about her close relationship with DeJesus, explaining that she once tried to save her after a near-death experience. 
Castro once made Knight eat two sandwiches with mustard on them, even though she's allergic to the condiment,
she explained. Her throat swelled up and she couldn't breathe.\  "The only thing that I could think was that I was dying
and there was no one to help me. And just at that point and time, I see a light. I'm already almost gone," she said.
"Gina picks me up into her arms and tells me to come back. …    I begged her to let me die, but she wouldn't let me do it.
I told her to just turn around and let me die, that I couldn't do it anymore."

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Knight: 'I was the punching bag'

CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks to Michelle Knight about her experience of being held captive for 10 years by Ariel Castro.

Source: CNN
https://tinyurl.com/yxfxo7fb 

 

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Friends haunted by memories of Castro

190,393 views

May 9, 2013

CNN

CNN's Mary Snow talks with a mother and daughter who say they are spooked by the Ariel Castro they thought they knew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxT6vB7DKnM

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Miracle in Cleveland: How it happened
42,867 views
May 1, 2018
WKYC Channel 3
Here are highlights from WKYC's coverage as the 'Miracle in Cleveland' unfolded May 6, 2013
Dawas Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight escaped years of captivity from their kidnapper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixdQH8i0Daw

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CNN

Gina DeJesus returns home after being kidnapped 9 years ago in Cleveland Ohio (May 8, 2013)

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May 8, 2013
Raucous cheers greeted Gina DeJesus as she arrived at her home today with police motorcycle escorts,
marking her return a nine years after she was abducted as a teenager. Gina DeJesus, 23, was wearing
a hoodie as she was escorted from a car and she stuck her right hand up in the air with a thumbs up as
she was hustled into the house, which was decorated with dozens balloons and a welcome home sign.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3EAWxpgs3A
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Cleveland police criticised as city asks: why were women not found sooner?

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight leave hospital as neighbours insist they reported suspicious behaviour

The Guardian

https://tinyurl.com/yywwh26e

“Authorities were forced to admit on Tuesday they had twice visited a house in Cleveland where three women
were apparently held captive for a decade, as questions were asked about how the victims remained undetected
for so long.  Two of the women, who were teenagers when they went missing, had been the subject of long-running
national media coverage, and neighbours say they reported suspicious behaviour at the home over the years. 
Police arrested three brothers, one of whom lived at the house in which the women were found. A six-year-old girl,
born to one of the victims after she had been captured, was also freed.  The mayor of Cleveland, Frank Jackson, stood
before the media at police headquarters and admitted that the case was disturbing. "We are happy that they are
returned to us. But we have several unanswered questions. Why were they taken, how were they taken and how did
they remain undetected in the city of Cleveland for this time?"  The ordeal of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and
Michelle Knight ended with a frantic 911 call on Monday afternoon, police said. The owner of the house,
Ariel Castro, 52, had gone out, and Berry managed to alert neighbours by hammering on the front door.
Police said they were at the scene within minutes and rescued the girl and two other women, Gina DeJesus and
Michelle Knight.”

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Ariel Castro: Ohio prosecutors may seek death penalty for kidnap suspect

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Officials say they intend to pursue charges of kidnap and sexual assault,
as well as aggravated murder, against 52-year-old

The Guardian
https://tinyurl.com/y2j3nkv6
“Prosecutors in Ohio have said they may seek the death penalty in the case of the former school bus
driver accused of the kidnap and rape of three women held prisoner at his home for years. 
Ariel Castro, 52, made his first court appearance on Thursday when a judge set bond at $8m.
The size of the bond means he is likely to remain in jail for some time. His court-appointed lawyer
said he was unemployed and had little money.  At a news conference later, county prosecutor
Timothy McGinty said that his office intends to pursue charges of kidnapping and sexual assault,
as well as aggravated murder, which could carry the death penalty.  The aggravated murder charges
would stem from the forced miscarriages that police say were suffered by one of the women at the
hands of Castro, 52, who is accused of holding them captive at his house in west Cleveland.
"The law of Ohio calls for the death penalty for those most depraved criminals who commit
aggravated murder during the course of a kidnapping," McGinty said.”

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Cleveland Kidnapping Survivor Overcame Addiction and Trauma After Escape —
With Help From a Horse

Michelle Knight was kidnapped in 2002 by Ariel Castro and held captive
for more than a decade

By Greg Hanlon and Elaine Aradillas April 27, 2018 11:57 AM

People.com

https://tinyurl.com/y2qzx2ae 

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Ariel Castro Appears in Court to Face Charges of Rape, Kidnapping

May 9, 2013 6:17 PM EDT

PBS News Hour 
https://tinyurl.com/yxmnc5bv 

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Cleveland police confirm girl, 6, found in house is daughter of Amanda Berry

This article is more than 7 years old

Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight escaped on Monday from house

where they were held captive for more than 10 years

The Guardian
https://tinyurl.com/y6lcuxcn  
Police have said that a six-year-old girl found at the Cleveland house where three women

were apparently held against their will for more than 10 years is the daughter of one of the victims. 

At a news conference in Cleveland, police deputy chief Ed Tomba said the child was the daughter
of Amanda Berry, who escaped from the house on Monday and alerted authorities  Officials
defended their handling of the case, saying that no lead had been left unfollowed in the 13 years
since the first victim disappeared.  Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were held inside
the house since they were in their teens or early 20s.  Knight disappeared in 2002, Berry in 2003

and DeJesus about a year after that. Officials say three brothers in their 50s are in custody.
One of the men, Ariel Castro, 52, lived at the house.  The women appeared to be in good health

and were taken to a hospital to be evaluated and reunited with relatives. They were released
from Metro Health Medical Center on Tuesday morning.

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Cleveland police report discovery of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight - audio

An audio recording released by police in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday of their officers' first response
as they discover Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight, who were held captive for 10 years
in a house in the city. Ariel Castro, 52, is charged with their kidnapping and rape
The Guardian
https://tinyurl.com/y25mgcuh

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News 5 Cleveland

May 6, 2018  ·

Charles Ramsey: "I'm calling 911 for Amanda Berry. I thought this girl was dead."

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

"I'm calling 911 for Amanda Berry. I thought this girl was dead."

A look back at John Kosich's interview with Charles Ramsey, the man who found Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and
Michelle Knight after they were held captive in a home on Seymour Avenue for five years.
https://bit.ly/2KF3moJ

 

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News 5 Cleveland

May 7, 2018  ·

Five years of freedom: How Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight are doing now

"Help me, I'm Amanda Berry. I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for ten years and I'm here, I'm free now." It's been 5 years since we heard those words from one of three girls who went missing for years and were finally freed on May 6, 2013.

https://on.wews.com/2IlCv2B

 

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Miracle in Cleveland: Ariel Castro sentenced to life plus 1,000 years

Aug. 1, 2013:

Here's the moment Ariel Castro was sentenced for his crimes involving Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.

Author: newswest9.com

Published: 8:46 AM CDT May 2, 2018

Updated: 8:46 AM CDT May 2, 2018

https://tinyurl.com/y5nrlw6m

 

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Ariel Castro's family speaks out on abusive past

Staff and wire

May 10, 2013

AP

https://tinyurl.com/yyze3nkp  

Ariel Castro, the man accused of holding Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus
captive for a decade in his Cleveland home,
also brutally beat and mentally abused the mother of his children, her relatives say. 
Ariel Castro's daughter, Angie Gregg, said she and her sisters were not abused by Castro,
but he did abuse her mother, Grimilda Figueroa, who died of brain cancer in 2012.

"I've seen him basically stomp on her like she was a man," Gregg told CNN.
She also told CNN of peculiar behavior she now sees in a new light:

--"He would take forever to come to the door," when she visited.

--Castro interfered with family travel plans because he never wanted to leave his house for more than a day.

--He'd frequently play loud music during her visits.

Gregg recalls once asking to see her childhood bedroom, and Castro told her
"Oh, honey, there's so much junk up there.
You don't want to go up there," she said. At the time, she thought it was just "him being a pack rat."

 

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Relatives say that in 1996, Figueroa finally left Castro after he hit her for the last time.
After one particularly bad beating, Figueroa ran outside with one of her sons, crying out to neighbors
just as the captive women did.  "The neighbors went across the street to get her," Elida Caraballo said.
"And that was the last time she ever stepped in the house."

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Exonerated Brothers Have No Love for 'Monster' Ariel Castro

After initially getting caught up in the crimes of their brother, Pedro and Onil Castro were cleared of any wrongdoing.
Now they're going out of their way to show that they want nothing to do with Ariel Castro.

The Atlantic
Dashiell Bennett
May 13, 2013
https://tinyurl.com/y27f83ra

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Nurses Talk About First Night of Freedom for Gina, Amanda and Michelle
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May 5, 2014
FOX 8 News Cleveland
https://tinyurl.com/y5nrlw6m

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Officer Barbara Johnson Testifies in Ariel Castro's Sentencing Phase

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Sep 6, 2013

FOX 8 News Cleveland

Officer Barbara Johnson with the Second District of the Cleveland Division of Police takes the stand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQTvMDZd9U

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Whatever Happened to Charles Ramsey (Dead Giveaway)?

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Sep 5, 2018

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On may 6th 2013, Charles Ramsey and a handful of Cleveland citizens would end up discovering and rescuing 3 girls
whom had been kidnapped for nearly 10 years. Charles Ramsey would go onto a deliver an interview which would be
turned into a songified remix by schmoyoho. This song "Dead Giveaway" would go insanely viral making Charles Ramsey
a living meme overnight. Shortly after the rescue happened, news about Ramsey slowed down and we stopped hearing
about him. In this video, we go into the full story and answer the question, "Whatever Happened to Charles Ramsey?"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFj9tXBb8kM 

 

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2 Years Later: Amanda, Gina and Michelle escape from Seymour Ave.
19 Action News Cleveland
By Cleveland 19 Digital Team | May 6, 2015 at 1:13 PM EDT - Updated July 10 at 7:40 PM
https://tinyurl.com/yykvkxyv
Since escaping, Michelle has written a book, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings,
and released a Lifetime movie both detailing  her experiences.  Together Amanda and Gina, along with Washington Post journalists
Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan, released a memoir, Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland, as well.  The home the girls were held in,
2207 Seymour Ave., was demolished four months after they escaped.  In recent interviews it was revealed that neither Amanda or Gina

currently talk with fellow survivor Michelle Knight.

 

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Three Missing Girls Recovering

https://tinyurl.com/y6cys44h

 

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Prison System report confirms Ariel Castro suicide; jail guards to keep jobs
19 News Cleveland
By Cleveland 19 Digital Team | December 3, 2013 at 3:01 PM EST - Updated July 21 at 8:08 AM
https://tinyurl.com/y26nxd4o

(WOIO) - The Ohio Prison Systems hired two experts who say in a new report that the deaths of Ariel Castro and Billy Slagle
were suicides and were not accidents. The State Prison System has released a 26-page report on prison suicides,

including the suicide of convicted kidnapper Ariel Castro.   Castro was sentenced to life, plus 1,000 years, for kidnapping

and sexually assaulting Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus while holding them captive  in his Seymour Avenue

house for over a decade.  Castro used a bed sheet to hang himself in his cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient,

Pickaway County, on September 3. He had been there one month.  Guards on duty at the time of Castro's suicide have been

given last-chance agreement to keep their jobs. If they mess up again,  they will be immediately fired.

[Read the entire document HERE] The guards didn't make some scheduled rounds and also falsified records.

The newly released report confirms the Franklin County Coroner's report that Castro's death was not an accident due to

auto-erotic asphyxiation.

 

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Cleveland Abduction

Aug 10, 2015

YouTube Movies

A single mother who becomes the first victim of kidnapper Ariel Castro finds herself trapped in his home for 11 years,
where she eventually becomes a friend and sister to two other women who are taken captive by Castro.
Based on the true story.

Sony Pictures Movies & Shows
Release date  2015
Running time  1:27:23   
Actors   Pam Grier Taryn Manning Joe Morton Samantha Droke
Director   Alex Kalymnios
Producer   David A. Rosemont   
Writer   Stephen Tolkin

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smekejSqT4w 

 

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#TamronHallShow #TamronHall
Kidnapping Survivor Michelle Knight On Forgiveness, Love, & Trust
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Feb 20, 2020
Tamron Hall Show
Kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight (AKA Lily Rose Lee) talks rebuilding a new life
after being held in captivity and tortured by Ariel Castro for 11 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be_ySMuzxds

 

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Cleveland women held captive speak out publicly for the first time

Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight, and Gina DeJesus thank supporters on Youtube

July 9, 2013 at 3:09 AM EDT - Updated July 25 at 6:42 PM

19 News Cleveland
https://tinyurl.com/y3qo3ckg

For the first time since being rescued from captivity, Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus are speaking out

in a video message to the public.  Hennes Paynter Communications posted the video of the women at midnight on July 9.

The firm tells 19 Action News the video was at the request of the women to say thank you for the outpouring of support

since their May 6 rescue from a house on Cleveland's Seymour Avenue.  Knight, Berry and DeJesus all went missing a decade ago.

Knight disappeared in 2002.  She was 21.  Berry, 16 at the time, went missing in 2003 after she left work at Burger King.

DeJesus disappeared in 2004, while walking home from school. She was 14-years-old.  According to the statement released
early Tuesday morning, "People are recognizing them now as they go about in public,  so they decided to put voices and faces
to their heartfelt messages," said Kathy Joseph, attorney for Michelle Knight.  The statement goes on to say it was their decision
to relay their thanks in this way.

 

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Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight Speak Out

ABC News 
America This Morning
https://abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/cleveland-survivors-speak-19613551

 

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Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro Found Dead in Cell
ABC World News
https://tinyurl.com/y6dqgegd

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Ohio suspect Ariel Castro held on $8m bond for rape and kidnapping charges

This article is more than 7 years old

Castro, who faces three counts of rape and four counts of kidnap, appears in court
in Cleveland but does not enter a plea

Adam Gabbatt in New York

@adamgabbatt

Thu 9 May 2013 12.14 EDT

The Guardian

https://tinyurl.com/y2jzlfp4 
An Ohio former school bus driver, accused of the kidnap and rape of three women held prisoner
at his home for years, made his first court appearance on Thursday when a judge set bond at $8m.

The size of the bond means Ariel Castro, 52, is likely to remain in jail for some time. His court-appointed
lawyer said he was unemployed and had little money.  His hands in cuffs, Castro bowed his head

and remained silent during his arraignment at Cleveland municipal court. He avoided looking

at the gallery, which was packed with media and onlookers.  Police say the ordeal of Amanda Berry, 27,
Gina DeJesus, 23, and Michelle Knight, 32, ended on Monday when Berry seized a chance to break free
when Castro was out of the house. Berry hammered on the front door, attracting the attention of passers-by
who helped her escape. She emerged with a six-year-old daughter, and made a now-famous 911 call i
n which she alerted the authorities.

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Michelle Knight on Amanda Berry's baby

Michelle Knight talks to Anderson about helping to deliver fellow kidnapping victim Amanda Berry's baby.

Source: CNN
https://tinyurl.com/y5d3djzy

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5 years after escaping Cleveland's 'House of Horrors,' Michelle Knight moves on in new book
19 News Cleveland
By Chris Anderson | May 1, 2018 at 7:28 AM EDT - Updated August 14 at 3:15 AM

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - In a new book that hits shelves on Tuesday, one of the three women who escaped
after being held captive for more than a decade discusses how she recovered from the traumatic kidnapping.

Michelle Knight, who is now known as Lily Rose Lee, authored "Life After Darkness." The new book comes out
five years this month since she escaped from Ariel Castro.  "Life After Darkness" is Knight's second publication.
She said that she hopes to empower others through trauma by sharing her story.  "I am helping abuse victims
by simple going out everyday speaking at multiple different domestic violence, human trafficking, making them
aware how they can overcome things, how they can have the same strength, just by my words,
just by speaking to them," Knight said.

https://tinyurl.com/yxpjgptm

 

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Cleveland Kidnapping Survivors on How They Survived, Moving Forward

ABC News
https://tinyurl.com/y76y9cow

2 Years Later: Amanda, Gina and Michelle escape from Seymour Ave.
19 News  Cleveland 
By Cleveland 19 Digital Team | May 6, 2015 at 1:13 PM EDT - Updated July 10 at 7:40 PM
https://tinyurl.com/yykvkxyv

During their years of captivity, Berry gave birth to a daughter fathered by Castro.  Castro, 53,
was arrested later that day, May 6, 2013,  and eventually pleaded guilty to 937 counts including two charges
of aggravated murder related to one act of forcing Michelle Knight to miscarry.  In August of 2013
Castro was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 1,000 years. After about a month in jail he committed suicide

by hanging himself.   Since escaping, Michelle has written a book, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed:
A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings,  and released a Lifetime movie both detailing  her experiences.  
Together Amanda and Gina, along with Washington Post journalists Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan, released a memoir, 
Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland, as well.The home the girls were held in, 2207 Seymour Ave.,
was demolished four months after they escaped.

 

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DeJesus family shocked by Castro's suicide
19 News  Cleveland
September 4, 2013 at 4:42 PM EDT - Updated June 30 at 4:05 PM

https://tinyurl.com/y2xvuddf

 

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Ohio authorities: Ariel Castro is girl's father

Published  10 May 2013

BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-22485033
Ariel Castro, the man accused of holding three women hostage for about a decade in Ohio, fathered a child who was also rescued
from his house, US authorities have confirmed.  He has been charged with the kidnap and rape of Amanda Berry, 27, Gina DeJesus,
23 and Michelle Knight, 32.  A DNA test proved Ms Berry's six-year-old daughter, born in captivity, was his child, investigators said. 
The four were rescued on Monday when Ms Berry escaped and raised the alarm.  Meanwhile, on Friday Ms Knight returned home
from hospital, the last of the three to do so.  Ohio prosecutors have said they plan to seek aggravated murder charges that could
carry the death penalty against Mr Castro, 52. The charges relate to alleged forced miscarriages.

 

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Cleveland police criticised as city asks: why were women not found sooner?

This article is more than 7 years old

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight leave hospital as neighbours insist they reported suspicious behaviour

The Guardian
https://tinyurl.com/yywwh26e 

Authorities were forced to admit on Tuesday they had twice visited a house in Cleveland where three women were
apparently held captive for a decade,  as questions were asked about how the victims remained undetected for so long. 
Two of the women, who were teenagers when they went missing,  had been the subject of long-running national media
coverage, and neighbours say they reported suspicious behaviour at the home over the years.    Police arrested three brothers,
one of whom lived at the house in which the women were found. A six-year-old girl, born to one of the victims  after she had
been captured, was also freed.  The mayor of Cleveland, Frank Jackson, stood before the media at police headquarters and
admitted that the case was disturbing. "We are happy that they are returned to us. But we have several unanswered questions.
Why were they taken, how were they taken and how did they remain undetected in the city of Cleveland for this time?"

 

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Gina DeJesus announces Center for Missing, Abducted and Exploited Children and Adults

DeJesus made the announcement alongside her cousin, Sylvia Colon, at the Ohio Attorney General's conference in Columbus.

3 WKYC

https://tinyurl.com/y2u46z2a

Author: Sara Shookman

Published: 2:47 PM EDT October 26, 2018

Updated: 9:45 PM EDT October 26, 2018
Columbus —
Gina DeJesus made the announcement today she's launching her own effort to help missing kids and families.
It's called The Cleveland Center for Missing, Abducted, Exploited Children and Adults.
The grassroots non-profit, soon to be a brick and mortar place, has been a goal for Gina and her family
since she found freedom five years ago.

The Cleveland Center for Missing, Abducted, Exploited Children and Adults

https://tinyurl.com/y3efr2ya 

 

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Amanda Berry breaks her silence after years of captivity in an exclusive interview

By: News 5 Staff  Cleveland

Posted at 10:50 AM, Nov 12, 2016

and last updated 11:15 AM, Nov 12, 2016

https://tinyurl.com/y23yrwpe

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Charles Ramsey opens up about life five years after famous rescue of three women on Seymour Avenue

News 5 Cleveland

https://tinyurl.com/ydc2acvj

For the first anniversary of the rescue, Ramsey released his book "Dead Giveaway,"
for the second he was still making the television rounds as Amanda and Gina released their joint book
but as the third anniversary came around Ramsey said he didn't want to talk
and for the last three years he says he's been doing a lot of reading
and following the advice of a close friend.  "She said you know what?
You need to get back to where you were before you found them girls, humble, working,"
he recalled being told. "'That rock star s**t, save that for the rock stars.'

So that's what I've been doing, staying out of the way, no Facebook, no instagram, no twitter.

I've alienated myself."  His readings have been spiritual, "The Forgotten Books of Eden,"

among others trying to understand the origins of the evil that he says lived in his former neighbor Ariel Castro.

"Something just said watch him and watch him and watch him and I thought my paranoia was getting the best of me." 

He said he would leave his job at Hodge's Restaurant where he was a dishwasher with a sick feeling. 

"When I hit the top of the damn street I would start crying."  He returned to see the Castro house after it was torn down

a few months later but not since. He said he harbors resentment towards his old neighbors

who Ramsey has always felt were aware something was up.

"My attitude won't let me go to Seymour," he said. "So I stay away from it."

 

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Why Michelle Knight never gave up hope

Dr. Phil talks to Anderson about Michelle Knight's rescue and her reaction to Ariel Castro's death.

Source: CNN

https://tinyurl.com/y49n7sr6

 

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Ariel Castro Interrogation Details

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•May 9, 2013
FOX 8 News Cleveland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu6eJNxfzjQ

 

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Ariel Castro's brother: 'I hope he rots in jail'

This article is more than 7 years old

Brothers of Cleveland man accused of holding women captive for over a decade
tell CNN they were completely in the dark

The Guardian
https://tinyurl.com/y6b95hpv

The brothers of the suspected Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro have revealed that he prevented them entering parts of the house
where three women were allegedly held captive for a decade by telling them he only heated the kitchen in an effort to reduce the gas bill. 
Pedro and Onil Castro, who were released from police custody last Thursday having been cleared of any involvement in the kidnappings,
have cast light on the methods used by their brother to disguise the fact that he had three young women and a child hidden
in the back of his home.   For 10 years no visitors were allowed to go further than the kitchen, and music was always playing
to obscure sounds in the house.  "He said he wanted to keep the heat in the kitchen because the gas bill. The radio was playing all the time,
if not the radio, the TV.   Something had to be on all time in the kitchen," Pedro Castro, 54, told CNN.

 

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See inside house where women were found
272,318 views

May 7, 2013

CNN's Tom Foreman uses a virtual map to show the inside of the house where three Ohio women were being held.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4ZZI0Ikuq0

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What neighbors suspected in Cleveland

93,756 views

May 7, 2013

CNN

Neighbors of one of the Cleveland kidnapping suspects reveal what they know about the man.
CNN's Brian Todd reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvZtUqSuiPE

 

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Neighbor: Saw naked lady in Castro's yard

134,478 views

May 7, 2013

CNN

CNN's Tory Dunnan speaks to a girl who lived near the Castro home

about the odd things she says she noticed about him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE4nZ-TBVF0

 

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Mother of Kidnapping Victim Knew Suspect for Years

ABC News
https://tinyurl.com/yxtqzwp6