Three women missing for decade found alive
US: Three young US women who went missing around a decade ago -- two
of whom disappeared as teenagers -- were found alive Monday in a house
in Cleveland, as police arrested three suspects in the case. The
dramatic discovery -- just a few miles from where the women went missing
-- ended years of anguished searching by their families and drew
hundreds of cheering people to the usually quiet, residential street in
the state of Ohio.
The details of the trauma they may have suffered in captivity were
not yet known, but it appeared that at least one of the girls had borne
a child.
Police said they have arrested three Hispanic men in their 50s in
connection to the case but declined to provide further details. The long
nightmare ended when Amanda Berry -- who had been kidnapped 10 years ago
at the age of 16 -- reached her arm through a crack in the front door
and called for help.
“I heard screaming... And I see this girl going nuts trying to get
outside of the house,” Charles Ramsey, told the local ABC news
affiliate.
“I go on the porch, and she said 'Help me get out. I've been here a
long time.'” Ramsey, a bystander now hailed as a hero, said he tried to
get her out through the door but could not pull it open, so he kicked
out the bottom and she crawled through “carrying a little girl.”
AFP
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