Three women found alive after a decade in captivity endured lonely, dark lives inside a dingy home where they were raped and allowed outside only a handful of times in disguises while walking to a garage steps away, investigators say.◼ 'I'm here, I'm free now': Listen to the dramatic 911 call Amanda Berry made moments after she was freed - Daily Mail
The 52-year-old former school bus driver accused of kidnapping and raping the women will make his first public appearance in court Thursday after emerging as the lone suspect.
While many questions remain about how Ariel Castro maintained such tight control over the women for so many years before one of them made a daring escape Monday, the horrors they suffered are beginning to come to light.
Police say the women were apparently bound by ropes and chains at times and were kept in different rooms. They suffered prolonged sexual and psychological abuse and had miscarriages, according to a city official briefed on the case.
Cleveland Police release recording of Miss Berry after she escaped dungeon◼ Life inside the dungeon: Amanda Berry's daughter was born in an inflatable pool inside the 'kidnap house' where the women were shackled in rooms with holes cut in doors to slide food in and out - Daily Mail
'I've been missing for 10 years, and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now', she screams
Her call led to liberation of fellow hostages Gina DeJesus and Michell Knight
Ariel Castro, 52, and his two brothers have been arrested over kidnapping
Suspected captor Arial Castro used chains hanging from the ceiling to keep the girls inside the Cleveland home for the first few years◼ Six-year-old girl born in captivity is 'happy and healthy': Amanda reveals Jocelyn was her 'Christmas baby' and has spent years being home-schooled - Daily Mail
Local police sources say he would beat them in the stomach if they became pregnant, forcing them to miscarry
Used psychological games to 'train them' not to try to run free
Amanda Berry's daughter Jocelyn, 6, ate a popsicle while being examined and smiled when she saw her mother smile, authorities said◼ The Forgotten Victim: Cleveland’s Michelle Knight - Christine Pelisek /The Daily Beast
Police sources: Girl would leave the home to visit her captor's mother
Detectives believe one of the three suspects is her father and are now carrying out DNA tests to confirm their suspicions
Some family members of Michelle Knight, who is reportedly 32, are saying that they are still waiting for their moment to celebrate. Knight is reportedly receiving medical care in a hospital after FBI agents interviewed her on Tuesday. Knight was reportedly beaten regularly by Castro in the face and suffered hearing loss. According to a leaked police report, Knight got pregnant five times while held captive, miscarrying each time after Castro pummeled her.◼ Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty said Thursday that based on the facts of the case, his office intends to seek charges not only for the sexual assaults endured by the victims, but also “each act of aggravated murder he committed by terminating pregnancies.” Castro was arraigned Thursday in Cleveland Municipal Court, where the judge set bail at $8 million. - LifeNews.com
“I’ve been trying since day one to see her,” says Knight’s grandmother Deborah. “Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus have been reunited with their family. We are just sitting here waiting. We are trying to get in touch with her. She has no one there for her right now.”
“We need to get all the family together,” she added.
The grand jury is now meeting to determine the facts of the case and appropriate charges and he believes Castro should be held accountable for the deaths of the babies in the abortions.
“If as reported Ariel Castro starved and then kicked a pregnant Michelle Knight resulting in her miscarrying five children Castro should be charged with aggravated and felonious assault against Knight and aggravated murder of her children. I trust the grand jury will be investigating all such possible charges,” Casey said.
Casey says Ohio adopted a state law in 2002 that includes unborn children under murder, manslaughter, and assault statutes in non-abortion cases where they are killed, such as in this case.
◼ The thumbs-up that says we're free! Kidnap victims Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry finally return home after 10 years in captivity - Daily Mail
Gina DeJesus, 23, is brought into family home held up by her sister◼ 'I thought you were gone': Amazing moment grandmother speaks to Amanda Berry for the first time in 10 years - Daily Mail
Amanda Berry, 27, returned to her sister's home in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday
Amanda's grandmother Fern Gentry told her granddaughter on the telephone: 'I'm glad to have you back'
Amanda's father Johnny Berry said he always had believed she was alive
He said: 'Keep hope. I never gave up because I know the kid's heart'
Amanda escaped from the Cleveland home on Monday with her daughter Jocelyn, and missing women Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight
Fern Gentry struggled with emotion as she spoke to Amanda Berry◼ 'Happy abduction day': Cleveland victims reveal how Ariel Castro 'gave them cakes to celebrate anniversaries of being kidnapped' - Daily Mail
She told her granddaughter on the telephone: 'I'm glad to have you back'
Amanda's father Johnny Berry said he always had father she was alive
He said: 'Keep hope. I never gave up because I know the kid's heart'
Amanda escaped from the Cleveland home on Monday with her daughter Jocelyn, and missing women Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight
New report details the shocking life the women endured in Cleveland home◼ EXCLUSIVE PICTURES INSIDE THE CLEVELAND KIDNAP HOUSE: Son of 'abductor' reveals how father padlocked doors to basement, attic and garage because 'we weren't allowed to go there' - Daily Mail
Michelle Knight says she saved the life of Amanda Berry's newborn daughter
The women were given cake to celebrate their 'abduction day'
Reports say that Castro played cruel games with the girls by pretending to go out, but instead lie in wait to see if they would try to leave
Photos show Ariel Castro in front of padlocked doors to the basement◼ Charges Filed in Abduction of Ohio Women - MATTHEW DOLAN, JOE BARRETT, TAMER EL-GHOBASHY and KRIS MAHER/WALL ST. JOURNAL
Son Anthony, 31, revealed how his father would beat him and once nearly beat his mother to death as she recovered from brain surgery
Expressed his shock at the kidnappings and said they had no idea women were hidden behind the doors they were forbidden from opening
But said his sister believes their father was capable of the crimes
Just three weeks ago, Castro asked his son whether he thought police would ever find one of the victims, Amanda Berry
The former school-bus driver charged Wednesday with kidnapping and rape for allegedly holding three women in his home for a decade used deceptively simple ruses to lure each woman into his car, according to a police report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.◼ Ariel Castro claims he was abused by his parents as a child and raped by an uncle in 'confession' letter found in his home - Daily Mail
Ariel Castro simply offered one a ride home; told another that his son worked at the same Burger King as she did; and offered to bring a third to see his daughter, a school friend, according to the report prepared by responding officers on the night the three women—and the daughter of one of them, born in captivity—escaped.
...And the lengthy missive laid out in grisly detail the origins of his dark urges and the family dysfunction he blamed for them, according to the station.◼ Ariel Castro Charged With Kidnapping, Rape of Cleveland Women; New Details of ‘House of Horrors’ Case - Viral Read
Those sick fantasies eventually led Castro to kidnap three young women and hold them captive in a grim sexual playpen he set up in his basement, authorities say. The women were finally freed — after 10 years — in a dramatic escape Monday.
Castro’s sadism extended back to his late wife, Grimilda Figueroa, her former boyfriend, Fernando Colon, told The Post yesterday....
Meanwhile, Fox News reported, police were investigating the possibility that Castro had kidnapped other victims besides the three women rescued Monday:
Details of a possible fourth victim came to light during police interviews with the oldest victim, Michelle Knight, who reportedly said there was another girl at the home about 10 years ago, but she disappeared.
In 2007, Ashley Summers, a 14 year old, disappeared in the same neighborhood. Initially it was believed Summers was a runaway but a few years later, police saw a potential link with the other missing girls.
Knight reportedly told police she was unsure of how many other women may have been in the house because they were all kept in separate locked rooms.
