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Police find 3 women missing for years.
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Amanda Berry was last seen after finishing her shift at a Burger King in Cleveland in 2003. It was the eve of her 17th birthday. Georgina "Gina" DeJesus disappeared nearly a year later, in April 2004. She was 14. Michele Knight vanished in 2002, at age 19. All three were found alive in a home in a Cleveland neighborhood Monday night. "Help me, I am Amanda Berry," Berry told police in a frantic 911 call from a neighbor's house. "I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years. And I'm here, I'm free now.” Police swiftly moved in on the house where the three women said they had been and later arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Ariel Castro. Two others, identified as his brothers, ages 50 and 54, also have been arrested. The men are being held in the city jail awaiting charges. An FBI team is collecting evidence in the house. The three women and a fourth person are being treated Cleveland's Metro Health Medical Center. The three women were in fair condition. Maloney would not identify the fourth person being seen at the hospital, but witnesses said Berry, who escaped from the house with the help of a neighbor, had a young child with her. There are many unanswered questions regarding this case, and the investigation will be ongoing.
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