The Chilling Details of Elisabeth Fritzl Being Held Captive for 24 Years

Another Case of Women Held Captive

After May 6, 2013, American media was talking about the rescue of Amanda Berry and her six-year-old daughter, Jocelyn. They were escaping from a man named Ariel Castro, who held Berry and two other women as captives for over a decade in his Tremont home in Cleveland, Ohio. Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were all held as prisoners in Castro’s home for eleven, ten and 7 years, respectively. But how did these women fall victim to Castro and how did they survive for so long? Read on to uncover the gruesome details of kidnapping tale that shocked America.