Three women missing for a decade rescued in Ohio house

Three women, who were abducted in their teens, were rescued on Tuesday, May 7 from a house in Cleveland, Ohio after a decade of captivity. Authorities identified the women as: Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus, and Michelle Knight, all o whom were either in their teens or early 20s when they disappeared, according to Slate magazine. Police rescued the three women after Berry got the attention of a neighbor, Charles Ramsey. Ramsey and other residents in the neighborhood broke down the door to the house were Berry was kept. Police also rescued a 6-year old child, believed to be Berry’s child. Three brothers, between the ages of 50 and 54, were arrested in connection with the case. Slate reports that Berry went missing in April 2003 after last being seen leaving her job at a Cleveland-area Burger King. She disappeared the day before her 17th birthday. One year later, Dejesus, then 14, went missing while walking home from her middle school in the same part of the city.

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