Many people have already heard about the kidnapping of three local Cleveland women, Michelle Knight, who went missing in 2002 (now 32), Amanda Berry, who went missing in 2003, (now 27) and Gina DeJesus, who went missing in 2004, (now 23). The gruesome details of the rescued women have just been released by the press, and to say on my own behalf, are absolutely appalling.
News articles say that after nine years, Amanda Berry escaped the house when Castro was not around. Berry says that Castro usually left the doors unlocked or only with one deadbolt to test the girls and see if they would flee, but luckily for her, it wasn't. Charles Ramsey, the "rescuer" of the girls, said he heard "what seemed like a domestic dispute" and hurried to help the girl take down the door. "When a pretty white girl comes running into a black man's arms, something's wrong here." Ramsey continued to show a light heart towards the situation, calling everyone from the 9-1-1 dispatch to the interviewers "bro". When a reporter suggested to him that people were starting to collect money to thank him for saving the girls, his reply was "I tell you what you do, give it to them, because if folks been following this case since last night, you been following me since last night, you know I got a job anyway."
Although Charles Ramsey keeps a light heart, I find it hard to not be discussed by what Castro did to those poor women. Authorities are suggesting that he way get the death penalty for what he has done, and I am all for it. Castro is a psychopath, and should be dealt with.
Not only will the women not ever be able to live a normal life, but they will always have to live with the physical and emotional scars. "The basement where the women were held had chains coming from the wall, and dog leashes attached to the ceiling. The women were restrained with them along with duct tape in “stress positions” [A stress position, also known as a submission position, places the human body in such a way that a great amount of weight is placed on just one or two muscles] for long periods that left them with bed sores and other injuries." One of the women is unable to move her neck, due to the stress from the collars.
All of this is absolutely sickening. How neighbors didn't hear the women's screams or him bringing them into the house is just odd as well. But either way I am happy to see them back with their families and recovering well.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/08/ariel-castro-charged-with-kidnaping-and-rape-in-cleveland-missing-women-case-brothers-not-connected-with-case-police-say/
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/05/14/cleveland_kidnappings_women_held_captive_have_longterm_injuries_sources_say.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/charles-ramsey-reward-money-kidnapping-victims_n_3238287.html
Stress psoition definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_positions
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