#CLEVELAND ABDUCTION MOVIE#

On, Berry managed to make contact with Castro’s neighbours, enabling her to her escape with her six-year-old daughter, leading to the the rescue of DeJesus and Knight by authorities.Ĭastro was arrested the same day, and ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment plus 1,000 years in prison without the chance of parole after pleading guilty to 973 counts of kidnapping and rape. Abducted and held captive for more than 11 years, Knight found strength in her unshakeable faith and her determination to be reunited with her son. Berry gave birth to a daughter in 2006, who she taught to read and write. Knight told police that Castro had impregnated her at least five times, inducing miscarriages each time through beatings. The women were sexually, physically and emotionally abused by Castro, who kept them in locked bedrooms, feeding them just one meal a day. She was last seen at a payphone around 3pm while on the way home from her middle school.

She was last heard from around 8pm when she called her sister, telling her that she was getting a ride home from her job at a Burger King.Ĭastro’s third victim, Georgina Lynn DeJesus, went missing on 2 April, 2004, aged 14. On the day of her disappearance she had been scheduled to appear in court for a child custody case involving her son Joey, who was in the hands of the state.Īmanda Marie Berry disappeared on 21 April, 2003, the day before her 17th birthday.

#CLEVELAND ABDUCTION MOVIE#

Michelle Knight disappeared on 23 August, 2002, after leaving a cousin’s house. 'Cleveland Abduction,' the Lifetime movie based on the Ariel Castro kidnappings has one Cleveland-based actress with a major speaking role: Jean Zarzour, who plays Gina DeJesus' mom, Nancy Ruiz.

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