Three Ohio women rescued after a decade of being captive

Michelle Knight in a 1999 family photo prior to her disappearance in 2002

Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus

Cleveland women Michele Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus all went missing a decade ago they were still teenagers. They were found alive in a house in Cleveland and in connection with it three brothers were arrested and one of them is a school bus driver. The bus driver Ariel Castro 52, owned the house and was living with his brothers a 50-year-old man and a 54-year-old man.  

Ariel Castro Suspect of a sick crime

Police found out about their whereabouts on Monday evening because of a frantic call by Amanda Berry to 911. She was freed from the house by a neighbor Charles Ramsey who heard her screaming. Ramsey said he heard a girl screaming, "Help, help me out" inside Ariel Castro's house.

"Help me! I'm Amanda Berry. ... I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm here. I'm free now," said Berry, now 26, on her 911 call. 

Amanda Berry had last been seen a day before her 17th birthday after her shift at Burger King in April 2003. Gina DeJesus was 14 when she went missing in 2004 while walking home from school. While Michele Knight then 19 was last seen leaving a cousin's house in 2002.

The three women were taken to the MetroHealth Medical Center who said that all three were safe and in "fair condition."



Amanda Berry 911 call