Three American women, have been rescued after ten years of abuse. At the time of capture, one girl was 16, another 14 and a third went missing in 2002 at 20 years of age. They were found in a house in the city of Cleveland.
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A neighbor saw a woman behind the front door screaming for help. When he suggested she open the door, she told him it was locked. He kicked the bottom of the cheap, flimsy aluminum door open and took the woman and her child to safety, where she told him about the other women inside the house.
In a frantic call to police, which was released to the news media, she identified her captor as Ariel Castro. She said she had escaped after he had left the house.
One of the girl's mothers died in 2006, three years after she went missing. How sad that she never knew her daughter was alive. It was assumed the girls were dead, and the mother of another victim said she believed her daughter had been sold into slavery.
In a frantic call to police, which was released to the news media, she identified her captor as Ariel Castro. She said she had escaped after he had left the house.
One of the girl's mothers died in 2006, three years after she went missing. How sad that she never knew her daughter was alive. It was assumed the girls were dead, and the mother of another victim said she believed her daughter had been sold into slavery.
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The three suspect Hispanic brothers under arrest are aged 50, 52 and 54. The investigation will be ongoing to answer questions about this case. No punishment for their crimes can ever wipe away their wicked behavior. I suspect they will go to a special place in hell when their life is over.
And the girls? They are being kept in hospital for further investigation. The women were able to speak to hospital staff but they declined to give further details.
Although much is still not yet known about the circumstances, it recalled memories of a series of recent high-profile child abduction cases.
And the girls? They are being kept in hospital for further investigation. The women were able to speak to hospital staff but they declined to give further details.
Although much is still not yet known about the circumstances, it recalled memories of a series of recent high-profile child abduction cases.
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Jaycee Lee Dugard was 11 years old when she was dragged into a car as she walked to a bus stop near her home in South Lake Tahoe, California in 1991. She was discovered in August 2009, having spent 18 years held captive in the backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido in Antioch, some 170 miles from South Lake Tahoe. She had two children.
In Austria, Natascha Kampusch was abducted on her way to school at the age of 10. She was held for eight years by Wolfgang Priklopil in the windowless basement of a house in a quiet suburb of Vienna. She managed to escape in 2006 while Priklopil was making a phone call. He committed suicide hours after she had fled.
Elizabeth Smart was 14 when she was taken from the bedroom of her Utah home in June 2002 and repeatedly raped during nine months of captivity. She was rescued in March 2003 less than 20 miles from her home. Her abductor, Brian David Mitchell, was jailed for life in 2011.
It's hard to imagine how these girls felt after their capture. At first, they would have been desperately unhappy and trying everything they could think of to escape. Perhaps they gradually became accustomed to their treatment, rather than sink into madness. But, after the joy of their release dies down, will they ever live a normal life?
Be aware of where your children are at all times. One of the girls' last calls to her mother mentioned getting a lift home from a fast-food takeaway. It's been forty years since my own children were teenagers. I don't know how I'd cope.
In Austria, Natascha Kampusch was abducted on her way to school at the age of 10. She was held for eight years by Wolfgang Priklopil in the windowless basement of a house in a quiet suburb of Vienna. She managed to escape in 2006 while Priklopil was making a phone call. He committed suicide hours after she had fled.
Elizabeth Smart was 14 when she was taken from the bedroom of her Utah home in June 2002 and repeatedly raped during nine months of captivity. She was rescued in March 2003 less than 20 miles from her home. Her abductor, Brian David Mitchell, was jailed for life in 2011.
It's hard to imagine how these girls felt after their capture. At first, they would have been desperately unhappy and trying everything they could think of to escape. Perhaps they gradually became accustomed to their treatment, rather than sink into madness. But, after the joy of their release dies down, will they ever live a normal life?
Be aware of where your children are at all times. One of the girls' last calls to her mother mentioned getting a lift home from a fast-food takeaway. It's been forty years since my own children were teenagers. I don't know how I'd cope.
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