Tweet
Three women who were abducted about a decade ago in the US have been found at a house in Cleveland.
It is believed they were tied up and kept captive in a basement of the property for the last 9-13 years.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found after a neighbour heard screaming and called 911.
Berry disappeared at age 16 on April 21, 2003, when she called her sister to say she was getting a lift home from her job at a Burger King. DeJesus went missing at age 14 on her way home from school about a year later.
Knight disappeared about 10 years ago when she was 21.
Children were also found at the property. Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his two brothers in relation to the abductions.
Cleveland's police chief Ed Tomba said he thinks the women were tied up in the house and had been there since they disappeared.
Amanda Berry (L) and Georgina DeJesus (R), both who went missing as teenagers about a decade ago
The women were discovered when a neighbour was alerted to their presence by screams from the house. He rushed to the property, where one of the women used his mobile phone to call 911, according to Cleveland police.
"I heard screaming - I see this girl going nuts trying to get outside," Charles Ramsey, the man who found them, told WEWS.
"I go on the porch and she said 'Help me get out. I've been here a long time.' - She comes out with a little girl ... 'Call 911, my name is Amanda Berry'... When she told me it didn't register."
He said he kicked the bottom of the door open so Ms Berry could crawl out as the man ran from the house. She emerged with a young child, he said.
On the phone to police, Ms Berry begged them to come as soon as they could "before he gets back."
"I'm Amanda Berry. I've been kidnapped. I've been missing for 10 years. I'm free. I'm here now," she said, according to the recording of her frantic call to 911.
She told the dispatcher that the man who had held her captive was called Ariel Castro. When police arrived she told them there were two other captives in the home. At least one of the women is reported to have a baby.
Local news stations said Mr Castro is the man in police custody.
It is believed they were tied up and kept captive in a basement of the property for the last 9-13 years.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found after a neighbour heard screaming and called 911.
Berry disappeared at age 16 on April 21, 2003, when she called her sister to say she was getting a lift home from her job at a Burger King. DeJesus went missing at age 14 on her way home from school about a year later.
Knight disappeared about 10 years ago when she was 21.
Children were also found at the property. Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his two brothers in relation to the abductions.
Cleveland's police chief Ed Tomba said he thinks the women were tied up in the house and had been there since they disappeared.
Amanda Berry (L) and Georgina DeJesus (R), both who went missing as teenagers about a decade ago
The women were discovered when a neighbour was alerted to their presence by screams from the house. He rushed to the property, where one of the women used his mobile phone to call 911, according to Cleveland police.
"I heard screaming - I see this girl going nuts trying to get outside," Charles Ramsey, the man who found them, told WEWS.
"I go on the porch and she said 'Help me get out. I've been here a long time.' - She comes out with a little girl ... 'Call 911, my name is Amanda Berry'... When she told me it didn't register."
He said he kicked the bottom of the door open so Ms Berry could crawl out as the man ran from the house. She emerged with a young child, he said.
On the phone to police, Ms Berry begged them to come as soon as they could "before he gets back."
"I'm Amanda Berry. I've been kidnapped. I've been missing for 10 years. I'm free. I'm here now," she said, according to the recording of her frantic call to 911.
She told the dispatcher that the man who had held her captive was called Ariel Castro. When police arrived she told them there were two other captives in the home. At least one of the women is reported to have a baby.
Local news stations said Mr Castro is the man in police custody.
Comment