Three US women missing for 10 years found alive in Cleveland

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22430062

Three US women who disappeared as teenagers a decade ago or more have been found alive in the state of Ohio, police say.

Amanda Berry disappeared aged 16 in 2003, while Gina DeJesus went missing at the age of 14 a year later.

The women were found in a house in the city of Cleveland, along with a third woman, Michele Knight, 32, who also vanished years ago, police confirmed.

A 52-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the case.

Cleveland police said the women, who were taken to hospital, are in good health. At least one of the women is reported to have a baby.

"I am thankful that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight have been found alive," Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said.

"We have many unanswered questions regarding this case and the investigation will be ongoing."

A witness told local news station WOIO that he saw a woman holding a baby run out of a house, screaming for help.

Crowds have reportedly gathered at the house where the women were being held.

Ms Berry was last heard from when she called her sister to say she would get a lift home from work at a Burger King restaurant.

In 2004, Ms DeJesus was said to be on her way home from school when she went missing.

The ladies are lucky to be alive to tell their harrowing stories .... :idc:

[lostalex]

Scary stuff. Soooo many sick sick people in this world.

I dunno if I could handle being held captive that long, I'd probably kill myself.

[Drew.]

Three young women who disappeared about a decade ago have been found alive in the US state of Ohio, police say.

Amanda Berry disappeared aged 16 in 2003, while Gina DeJesus went missing at the age of 14 a year later.

They and Michele Knight, 32, who vanished in 2002 at the age of 20, were found in a house in the city of Cleveland, police confirmed. All are said to be in good health in hospital.

A 52-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the case.

At least one of the women is reported to have a baby.

"I am thankful that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight have been found alive," Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said.

"We have many unanswered questions regarding this case and the investigation will be ongoing."

A witness told local news station WOIO that he saw a woman holding a baby run out of a house, screaming for help.

Crowds have reportedly gathered at the house where the women were being held.

Ms Berry was last heard from when she called her sister to say she would get a lift home from work at a Burger King restaurant.

In 2004, Ms DeJesus was said to be on her way home from school when she went missing.

Their cases were re-opened last year when a prison inmate tipped authorities that Ms Berry may have been buried in Cleveland. He received a four-and-a-half years in prison for the false information.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22430062

[Drew.]

the bloke that saved them.. amazing interview too :joker:

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[lostalex]

A mod should combine this with the thread in Serious Debate section.

[lostalex]

"you know something's up when a pretty young white girl runs into the arms of a black man!"

wtf. :joker:

[Drew.]

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[lostalex]

Absolutely horrific.

**** Piers Morgan why is this creepy POS on my screens, i wanna watch the news FFS.

[Novo]

Sounds like America's very own Joseph Fritzl

[lostalex]

Sounds like America's very own Joseph Fritzl

but with less incest.

[Novo]

Yeah and that

[Novo]

‏@SaraShookman
I'm talking to Anthony Castro right now, the son of Ariel Castro. While a BGSU student, he wrote this in 2004.


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[lostalex]

can you write a summary or something?

[Niamh.]

Wow that's amazing, their families must be so happy to have them back alive, they must have surely believed they were dead :shocked:

[Vanessa]

Awww, that's brilliant! Good news for a change! :lovedup:

[lostalex]

Wow that's amazing, their families must be so happy to have them back alive, they must have surely believed they were dead :shocked:

Amanda Berry's mother is dead now, so she never got to see her daughter again. :(

[Shaun]

strange that there were 3 of them, maybe there was some kind of Manson cult-worship stuff going on?

[Niamh.]

Amanda Berry's mother is dead now, so she never got to see her daughter again. :(

Aww that's very sad

[lostalex]

Aww that's very sad

It is very sad, especially if she was a religious woman, she probably thought she would get to see her daughter in heaven.

[Brother Leon]

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Hero.

[Lee.]

I shudder to think what they've been through at the hands of those horrible, inbred looking men!

[Ninastar]

the poor little girl who will have been brought up there.

[Kazanne]

Gives hope I suppose to all those families who have missing members,one never knows,miracles do happen.

[Ninastar]

Amanda Berry's mother is dead now, so she never got to see her daughter again. :(

that's awful. Amanda will have thought she'd get to see her mother when she got out :sad: ugh thats actually depressing.

[GypsyGoth]

I'm watching it on a news show now, thank goodness they were freed from their nightmare.

[Nedusa]

I look at this story and am awestruck that these women could be held prisoner for so long. It almost defies belief, although the women in question are still alive I cannot begin to absorb the magnitude of this crime. To deprive these women of their freedom for so long is wicked and evil in the extreme and the pain and anger these women must have felt for their captors is probably off the scale.

Where would you my fellow posters rate this crime...?? Simple kidnapping or a crime up there with rape and murder.

I'm lost on this one because the evil nature of this crime is incomprehensible ...!!!

[GypsyGoth]

I think of it as forced slavery rather than kidnapping.

[Ninastar]

I'm surprised none of them fell in love with their kidnappers. It's a good thing though.

[Drew.]

the guy who saved them was eating a mcdonalds at the time and this has happened..

McDonald's Corp. ‏@McDonaldsCorp 4h
We salute the courage of Ohio kidnap victims & respect their privacy. Way to go Charles Ramsey- we'll be in touch.

:laugh: i hope he's ok with eating Mcdonalds for the rest of his life

[GypsyGoth]

the guy who saved them was eating a mcdonalds at the time and this has happened..

McDonald's Corp. ‏@McDonaldsCorp 4h
We salute the courage of Ohio kidnap victims & respect their privacy. Way to go Charles Ramsey- we'll be in touch.

:laugh: i hope he's ok with eating Mcdonalds for the rest of his life

Maybe he'll get to have sex with Ronald :amazed:

[Brother Leon]

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What a guy.

[MTVN]

"Do you know if they're still in the house?"

"I don't have a ******ing clue brah, I'm just standing here with McDonalds"

:joker::joker:

[Novo]

Imagine if that guy came home and saw good old Charles kicking down his door, wonder what he would have done

[Drew.]

Charles Ramsey will be on TV soon, someone will snap him up.. the guy is hilarious

[Brother Leon]

Best line was "We used to eat Ribs together and listen to Salsa" :joker:

[Drew.]

:joker:

"NAH I'm smarter then that brah, Im telling you where the crime at. Not my house."

[Niamh.]

So there are 5 missing babies now as well. They must have killed them, what else could they have done with them. I wonder why they spared that one little girl?

[arista]

So there are 5 missing babies now as well. They must have killed them, what else could they have done with them. I wonder why they spared that one little girl?




Yes maybe the Evil Punks
could not afford more than one baby

[Niamh.]

Yes maybe the Evil Punks
could not afford more than one baby

The more details coming out about this story, the more horrific it's becoming.

[Nedusa]

So now Murder is also part of this sad saga, with at least 5 missing babies it does look like perhaps at least some of them may have been murdered.

I guess all the details of this horrific crime will start to come out now. I can only imagine the vast amounts of counselling that will now be required for these women to come to terms with the extent of their incarceration and the impact of having their babies taken from them...

[Marc]

This story is shocking, sad, disgusting and incredible all rolled into one.

[Niamh.]

This story is shocking, sad, disgusting and incredible all rolled into one.

It really is, it's so incredible that they managed to keep the women hidden for 10 years, especially in that house, it's quite a built up looking area

[Patrick]

the bloke that saved them.. amazing interview too :joker:

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:joker::joker::joker::joker: :joker::joker::joker: :joker:

I love this guy.

[GiRTh]

Shocking, disturbing, disgusting story. It figures that three men are involved. It's virtually impossible for one person to keep three adults hostage for 10 years.

What kind of person helps in this kind of case?

[Patrick]

'We eat ribs with this dude, listen to salsa music and what not.'

omg stop. :laugh3:

[Livia]

Shocking, disturbing, disgusting story. It figures that three men are involved. It's virtually impossible for one person to keep three adults hostage for 10 years.

What kind of person helps in this kind of case?

I agree. I can kind of understand one person being derranged enough to do something like this, but three of them? At no time did one of them think about the consequences of what they were doing? The world's gone mad.

[Vanessa]

Those poor babies. :sad::bawling:

[Suze]

Those poor women, thank goodness they are safe now, but they are likely going to carry the emotional scars for the rest of their lifes :( And that little girl will never have known a normal life up to now :( apart from the love of her mum.

When I read these type news items, I am gobsmacked that such disgusting, vile, filthy looking kidnappers involved, get away with it for so long, and probably think nothing of disposing of any babies born in such situations.

[Nedusa]

Those poor women, thank goodness they are safe now, but they are likely going to carry the emotional scars for the rest of their lifes :( And that little girl will never have known a normal life up to now :( apart from the love of her mum.

When I read these type news items, I am gobsmacked that such disgusting, vile, filthy looking kidnappers involved, get away with it for so long, and probably think nothing of disposing of any babies born in such situations.

Would the Public Hanging/Beheading of these Men act as a deterrent to future perpertrators of this sort of crime....!!!!

[Nedusa]

I would imagine members of the families of these 3 woman would be queing up for the chance to be the Executioner............

[GiRTh]

Would the Public Hanging/Beheading of these Men act as a deterrent to future perpertrators of this sort of crime....!!!!No it would be a media circus that would turn into a business exercise for those with no scruples.

[Shaun]

suppose it was a matter of time... same guys behind the Antoine Dodson, Charlie Sheen ones

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[Drew.]

:joker:

[arista]

Its Like a Criminal Minds Film.

So many locals are shocked as they trusted the
School Bus Driver with their own kids.

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[MTVN]

Shocking, disturbing, disgusting story. It figures that three men are involved. It's virtually impossible for one person to keep three adults hostage for 10 years.

What kind of person helps in this kind of case?

Looks like it was just the one man now, his two brother's aren't going to face any charges

[Nedusa]

I would find it hard to believe his brothers were not complicit in this crime. I cannot see how he could have kept this from his brothers for over ten years.

How could he have possibly have kept all 3 women + babies imprisoned in that house day after day after day, and work full time as a driver as well.

No... His brothers must have had some involvement surely...!!!

[SharkAttack]

I would find it hard to believe his brothers were not complicit in this crime. I cannot see how he could have kept this from his brothers for over ten years.

How could he have possibly have kept all 3 women + babies imprisoned in that house day after day after day, and work full time as a driver as well.

No... His brothers must have had some involvement surely...!!!

Shocked as well, Nedusa. Makes no sense so far. Stockholm Syndrome not withstanding, there were no red flags for the brothers? More will come out in the days following up.

[GiRTh]

Looks like it was just the one man now, his two brother's aren't going to face any chargesThere are all sorts of links between this guy's family and the girls. He has other family members who knew the girls quite well and spent quite a bit of time with them before abduction so who know what else is gonna come out about this crime.

[Niamh.]

There are all sorts of links between this guy's family and the girls. He has other family members who knew the girls quite well and spent quite a bit of time with them before abduction so who know what else is gonna come out about this crime.

Yeah, wasn't his sister the last known person to have seen one of the girls before her disappearance?

[GiRTh]

Yeah, wasn't his sister the last known person to have seen one of the girls before her disappearance?

Yes. That's true. This is all very weird.

Also, the girls were no more than 5 miles away from where they were abducted for almost ten years.

[Nedusa]

Surely all it would take for the authorities to charge the other two brothers with complicity in this crime would be any testimony from any of the 3 woman that they saw these other two men at any time in those last ten years.

Are we saying that these two brothers never went to this house or spent any time whatsoever in this house, they never went downstairs, they never heard a sound and they never, ever saw any of these women or heard them or their babies cry or saw anything untoward ???

I find this almost impossible to believe........!!!!!

[arista]

Surely all it would take for the authorities to charge the other two brothers with complicity in this crime would be any testimony from any of the 3 woman that they saw these other two men at any time in those last ten years.

Are we saying that these two brothers never went to this house or spent any time whatsoever in this house, they never went downstairs, they never heard a sound and they never, ever saw any of these women or heard them or their babies cry or saw anything untoward ???

I find this almost impossible to believe........!!!!!


Yes

[Brother Leon]

suppose it was a matter of time... same guys behind the Antoine Dodson, Charlie Sheen ones

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Charles for number one. It's not quiet "Nobody can cross it", but great either way :joker:

[lostalex]

So it turns out our "hero" Charles Ramsey has more in common with the villain in this case. He's been arrested and convicted 3 separate times for abusing and beating women.

I think we can stop using the word "hero" for this sleeze bag now.

[Livia]

I remember something like this in Belgium, and a few weeks ago I watched a programme about two Russian girls taken and kept for years by some sicko pervert. Makes you wonder how many more women are, right at this moment, being held. What a horrible thought...

[Niamh.]

I remember something like this in Belgium, and a few weeks ago I watched a programme about two Russian girls taken and kept for years by some sicko pervert. Makes you wonder how many more women are, right at this moment, being held. What a horrible thought...

That is a horrible thought. I can't even begin to imagine what these women must have went through. I hope they manage to get over it and be able to have a normal life again now they're free :(

[GiRTh]

And, they were less than 5 miles away from where they were first abducted.

I find it astonishing the girls were so close to their families.

[Brother Leon]

So it turns out our "hero" Charles Ramsey has more in common with the villain in this case. He's been arrested and convicted 3 separate times for abusing and beating women.

I think we can stop using the word "hero" for this sleeze bag now.

He saved the women. Every right to call him a hero. Deal with it. Don't bring up something from 97 like that matters in the slightest to what he done the other day.

[lostalex]

He saved the women. Every right to call him a hero. Deal with it. Don't bring up something from 97 like that matters in the slightest to what he done the other day.

Yea well maybe if he beat the **** out of your mom or sister you'd care if everyone was calling him a "hero". He saved a girl from an abusive man, but he is an abusive man himself.

[Brother Leon]

Yea well maybe if he beat the **** out of your mom or sister you'd care if everyone was calling him a "hero". He saved a girl from an abusive man, but he is an abusive man himself.

We all do wrong. Some alot worse than others like he did. Don't get on your high horse though. Ain't right what he done, but it was a long time ago and he's clearly realised how wrong it was when he was desperate to help the woman as he thought she was suffering from domestic abuse herself.

Only thing as cowardly as woman beaters (for me anyway)are people who like belittling people on things they done a long time ago and have learned from it to probably become better people. Hate it and hate people like that.

[lostalex]

Well unfortunately the reoffending rate for abusers is very high. but I hope you're right and he did get himself straight. It's very rare though.

[GiRTh]

Yea well maybe if he beat the **** out of your mom or sister you'd care if everyone was calling him a "hero". He saved a girl from an abusive man, but he is an abusive man himself.Perspective:spin:

[Nedusa]

Can anyone believe the other two brothers knew nothing about their brothers fiendish activities ??

[Livia]

Can anyone believe the other two brothers knew nothing about their brothers fiendish activities ??

Erm... no.

[Nedusa]

Just heard that these women never left that property for 10 years, oh my God I'm so angry at the evilness of this crime that I would quite happily strangle to death this nasty, evil piece of human garbage....!!!!

[Livia]

I imagine there'd be a very long queue for that, Nedusa.

[lostalex]

Can anyone believe the other two brothers knew nothing about their brothers fiendish activities ??

I depends what their relationship was like. Do they live in the same area? visit a lot? or do they live far away?

I have'nt seen my brother in 5 years, he lives 3000 miles away.

Also think about those people on those Hoarders shows, often times their friends and family had no idea what was going on in the house.

[Suze]

Can anyone believe the other two brothers knew nothing about their brothers fiendish activities ??

I find it hard to believe. The only ones who can say for sure if those two were involved I suppose are the three girls and the little girl. I do wonder if it had gone on for longer whether the little girl would eventually have been sexually abused.

[lostalex]

It is really messed up to think that there are DEFINITELY other lost kids held captive out there. I think that is for sure. Think about the thousands of missing kids, I doubt that all of them are dead. There's gotta be more houses like this. There;'s no doubt in my mind.

And some of them are taken so young, that they don't even remember who they were or that they were kidnapped.

[Niamh.]

I depends what their relationship was like. Do they live in the same area? visit a lot? or do they live far away?

I have'nt seen my brother in 5 years, he lives 3000 miles away.

Also think about those people on those Hoarders shows, often times their friends and family had no idea what was going on in the house.

But originally the two brothers were thought to have been involved though weren't they? They must have been some reason the Police thought that

[Niamh.]

I find it hard to believe. The only ones who can say for sure if those two were involved I suppose are the three girls and the little girl. I do wonder if it had gone on for longer whether the little girl would eventually have been sexually abused.

I just hope she hasn't already been

[MTVN]

Dont really see why it's so hard to believe the brothers had nothing to do with it, the police have very quickly and confidently declared that there is no evidence they knew anything about it so I see no reason to think otherwise :shrug:

[Jesus.]

The community needs to get back to rib and salsa parties.

[Niamh.]

Dont really see why it's so hard to believe the brothers had nothing to do with it, the police have very quickly and confidently declared that there is no evidence they knew anything about it so I see no reason to think otherwise :shrug:

Yeah, I suppose so, I just wonder why they involved them in the first place is all. When the story first broke it was said that 3 brothers had kidnapped the girls, I wonder why that was said, there must have been some reason for it

[Brother Leon]

At first I thought the 3 of them lived together. Not even sure why they were arrested too.

[arista]

At first I thought the 3 of them lived together. Not even sure why they were arrested too.


Because Everyone must be checked


After such a Nazi Event

[Nedusa]

Now reports say this evil monster killed or caused the death of up to 5 babies in addition to the rest of his heinous crimes.... May he rot and burn in Hell for Eternity and beyond...!!!!

[Niamh.]

His bail has been set at $8million, $2million per victim

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ariel-castro-bail-set-cleveland-20130509,0,6364727.story

[Novo]

Just seen the Interview with the Daughter, she didn't keep in contact with him much either but said she spoke to him at the end of April, he probably distanced himself away from his family as much as possible