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May 7, 2013

3 Women Missing for a Decade Are Found in Ohio 
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In a separate kidnapping case, three women who went missing roughly a
decade ago have been found alive in a residential area of Cleveland,
Ohio. Amanda Berry, Gina De Jesus and Michele Knight had all vanished in
seemingly separate cases when they were between the ages of 14 and 21.
They were discovered Monday after Amanda Berry called 911. She had been
missing since 2003.

Amanda Berry: "Hello police. Help me. I'm Amanda Berry."

Dispatcher: "You need police, fire, ambulance?"

Amanda Berry: "I need police."

Dispatcher: "OK, and what's going on there?"

bq Amanda Berry: "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10
years, and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."

A police official said he thinks the three women had been tied up in
captivity after they all disappeared between 2002 and 2004. Police have
arrested three brothers in their fifties. On the tape one of them is
identified by Berry as Ariel Castro.

 

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