Abduction Research Paper

Cleveland Abduction Abstract This paper will shed light on the abductions of three young women by Ariel Castro. Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were held captive for over a decade in Ariel Castro’s home located in Cleveland, Ohio. These women were all raped and beaten during their years of captivity by a man that they each had known or come in contact with prior to being abducted. After their rescue Ariel Castro faced charges for the rape and kidnapping of these women, he later pled guilty to these charges. After pledging guilty to the charges Ariel Castro hung himself one night in his jail cell. Each one of these girls maintained a since of hope that

Michelle Knight was his first victim in August 2002. Knight had not had the best life before her abduction. She had been bullied and assaulted at school and had dropped out of high school due to the abuse and became pregnant. Michelle Knight accepted a ride from Castro after recognizing him as the father of a classmate. Michelle was lured to Castro’s home on the promise of him giving her a puppy for her son Joey. Michelle had recently lost custody of her young son Joey for possible abuse and was in a battle for custody of the boy at the time of her abduction. Michelle’s mother reported her missing initially but later told authorities that she believed that Michelle may have simply left on her own due to the recent events that had taken place with her son. The FBI removed Knight from the missing person database in 2003. During her captivity she was raped and brutally beaten on a regular basis, she would become pregnant 5 times during captivity and was starved and beaten until she miscarried. Castro would torment Knight by telling her that no one was looking for her and that no one cared about her, reaffirming his dominance over her. Knight remained hopeful that she would one day be rescued from the hell that she was being held