Cleveland abduction victims

Since then, the three women have gone their separate ways and continue to heal from the decade-long trauma. In her new book, she opens up about her trauma, depression and relationships. She partnered with specialty coffee maker Co.

Meanwhile, Berry, now 32, has turned her attention toward spotlighting missing people in Northeast Ohio. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. As news of her abduction made headlines, Berry watched her mother and sister on the TV in the basement.

On the fourth day of her abduction, April 24, , Berry said Castro moved her to an upstairs bedroom and chained her to a radiator. With that information, they were able to narrow down that her phone had been used within a thirty to forty block area.

Once a day, Berry said, Castro gave her a bag of chips or crackers or other food to eat. But everything, including her weekly shower, came at a price. Almost a year after Berry became his prisoner, Castro went on the prowl again just five blocks away from the street where he kidnapped Berry. On the day she was kidnapped, DeJesus and Arlene were heading home from school when they went their separate ways.

But instead, Castro drove Gina to his house, where he asked her for help moving a stereo. Once inside, DeJesus was unnerved by his bizarre behavior, she said. You could go to jail. I kicked him and I bruised him really bad. As Castro overpowered her, DeJesus screamed for help, but the radio in his basement and the radio in the living room were too loud, DeJesus said. DeJesus said the first time Castro raped her was on May 7, Though she remembers the exact date, DeJesus said she was not comfortable discussing the details of what happened.

I want that. She said that at first, Castro took special care to keep the girls divided and did not permit them to talk. Born in April , Knight grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. As a girl, she wanted to pursue a career as a firefighter and later aspired to become a veterinarian. Unfortunately, Knight — whose height of 4 feet, 7 inches earned her the nickname "Shorty" — was bullied in high school.

At the age of 17, she told her mother that she had been assaulted at school. Knight dropped out of school after becoming pregnant. She had a son, whom she named Joey.

When the boy was a toddler, an injury — possibly caused by an abusive boyfriend of her mother's — led to his being taken away from Knight and placed in foster care.

On August 23, , Knight left her cousin's house and subsequently disappeared. Her family reported her as missing, but most eventually came to believe that Knight, distraught over losing her son and unable to deal with the negative turn her life had taken, had run away on her own.

Though her mother continued to post fliers about her daughter, Knight was removed from the FBI's database of missing persons in In fact, Knight had been offered a ride by Castro on that fateful August day. As she knew one of his daughters, Knight accepted the lift. Like Michelle, she became pregnant, but carried her daughter to term. Jocelyn was born in captivity in December — none of the women know exactly what day — and by all accounts is thriving now at And a lot of kids her age are not like that and I find that she is.

As for Amanda, adjusting to life outside of the dungeon was hard at first. She was just 16 when she was abducted, and felt somewhat helpless and regressed when she was freed. I mean, all those things get to you and you kinda get used to it and that's your normal. Earlier this month, Amanda reunited with Charles Ramsey, the neighbor who helped break down the door of the Seymour Avenue home in Gina was 14 when Castro kidnapped her and has been focused on family and working with the Northeast Ohio Amber Alert Committee.

She also bought a home , where she resides with her parents and siblings and tries to make up for the nine years she was kept away from them.