Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were held captive for nearly 10 years before they were rescued in 2013
In 2013, kidnapping victim Amanda Berry miraculously escaped from a boarded-up Cleveland home after nearly a decade of captivity and called 911.
"Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told the dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and missing for 10 years. I am here. I am free now."
Within minutes, Cleveland Police also discovered Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who had been chained, tortured and abused along with Berry for almost a decade. Their captor, Ariel Castro, was convicted of kidnapping and raping the three women and sentenced to life in prison. A month later, he was found hanging by a bedsheet inside his cell, dead by suicide.
Since then, the three women have gone their separate ways and continue to heal from the decade-long trauma.
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I’m so sorry for the trauma you girls had. Such a sad story. I hope you ladies stay friends forever.
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