Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus want world to know they "love life"

They were held in brutal captivity--and managed to make it out alive. This is their story. The Lost Girls are Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus--three innocent young women who were kidnapped, imprisoned, and repeatedly molested and beaten in a Cleveland home basement for over a decade by a depraved man named Ariel Castro. Their incredible escape, in May 2013, made headlines all over the world. \"Absorbing...a page-turning, detailed overview of this remarkable story.\" --Kirkus Reviews In this up-close-and-personal account--including exclusive interviews with Castro's family members, secret girlfriend, neighbors, and others--veteran investigative journalist John Glatt reveals what it was like as Michelle, Amanda, and Gina waited, bound and chained, to be found. Shocking and heartbreaking, The Lost Girls is a true-crime tale that no reader will soon forget. \"John Glatt is one of the finest true crime craftsmen writing today.\" --Howard Goldberg, VH1.com With 8 pages of chilling photos

Nearly five years ago, three women got a new lease on life when they escaped captor Ariel Castro's "house of horrors." After pleading guilty to charges of rape, kidnapping, and aggravated murder, the...

Amanda Berry, 29, and Gina DeJesus, 25, described in horrifying detail the rapes, torture and psychological games that they suffered at the hands of Ariel Castro while locked in his Ohio home.

MEDINA, Ohio — The three women who survived a decade of captivity in a Cleveland house received Gov.

Cleveland kidnapping victims Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus will sit down with ABC New's Robin Roberts on a special Tuesday night edition of ABC's 20/20.

Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, two of the three Cleveland women held captive for a decade, received honorary high school diplomas.

Michelle Knight's tattoos tell the harrowing story of her 11-year imprisonment inside Ariel Castro's house of horrors in Cleveland, Ohio, during which she lived in chains and had five forced miscarriages.

Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus discussed their 10 years of captivity during an emotional interview aired Tuesday night by ABC.

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Ohio corrections officials say Ariel Castro, who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade, was found hanging in his cell.

A grand jury has issued a fresh indictment charging Ariel Castro with 977 counts relating to allegations that he held three women captive for about a decade in his Cleveland home, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office said Friday.

In 2013, three young women who had vanished years earlier escaped from a house where they had been held captive. Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, along with writer Mary Jordan, discuss their new memoir.

Michelle Knight and two others escaped from captivity May 6, 2013.

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who kidnapped, raped and held captive 3 women, committed suicide by hanging himself with a bedsheet in prison, coroner says.

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight break their silence in a YouTube video.

CLEVELAND- Kidnapping survivors Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus thanked the Cleveland area for support and never forgetting about them over the years they were missing. They also were speaking before a ceremony for the launching their book “Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland.” Berry and DeJesus both said they are thankful for the media […]

The women, who escaped the home with a third kidnapping victim, Michelle Knight, in July 2013, will release the memoir, 'Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland', on April 28.

For Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, a story of terror, tedium - and survival

Amanda Berry, 29, and Gina DeJesus, 25, described in horrifying detail the rapes, torture and psychological games that they suffered at the hands of Ariel Castro while locked in his Ohio home.

After the release of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight from the hellhole of a Cleveland house they were held in for a decade, I wondered...

Amanda Berry, who was kidnapped by Castro a day before she turned 17, said she set her alarm to 6am to wake up and watch Prince William and Kate Middleton's 'beautiful' wedding live on television.

MEDINA, Ohio– Ohio Governor John Kasich delivered his State of the State address Monday night at the Medina Performing Arts Center. One of the highlights was when the governor gave Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight the 2014 Ohio Courage Medals. He said the three women, who were kidnapped and held hostage for a […]

Michell Knight describes tormet while held captive by Ariel Castro