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

Breaking Free

On May 6, 2013, little Jocelyn came up from downstairs and told her mother that her father wasn’t home. Berry went downstairs to investigate, finding that Castro had forgotten to lock the front door. Beyond it, the storm door was locked shut, but Berry could squeeze her arm out. She began yelling for help. Knight and DeJesus heard Berry yelling, thinking she got into trouble with Castro. They did not think that they were about to be rescued. One neighbor first saw Berry yelling for help, but was too scared to intervene and spoke little English. “That’s when another neighbor, Charles Ramsey, showed up. ‘He kind of, like, started like trying to pull on the door, but he couldn’t get it open either,’ Berry said. ‘And so he, like, kind of kicks it, and he’s like, ‘There you go. Finish kicking it out, and you can get out,'” reported ABC News.