Michelle Knight

  Three women held captive for a decade by a Cleveland man are declining to comment on his reported suicide at a central Ohio prison. The Jones Day law firm said in a statement Wednesday that neither the women nor their attorneys would be granting interviews. Kathryn Joseph, an attorney representing victim Michelle Knight, confirms […]

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland native who kidnapped and sexually assaulted 3 now-women, was found hanging in his Orient, OH jail cell.

  In less than one hour, Ariel Castro’s Seymour Avenue house was reduced to a pile of rubble. Gina DeJesus’ aunt, Peggy Arida, was inside the demolition excavator and delivered the first blow to take house down. When the first strike was delivered, the gathered crowd erupted in cheers. Survivor Michelle Knight arrived at the demolition scene with yellow balloons. […]

  Michelle Knight returned to Ariel Castro’s Seymour Avenue home on Friday morning. Knight was outside the home and also spoke with neighbors. Amanda Berry and her father went to the house on Tuesday, and her father thanked neighbors for aiding in her rescue. Neighbors tell Reporter Ed Gallek that Gina DeJesus has also returned to the home on […]

  Seymour survivor Michelle Knight gave a highly emotional, tearful victim impact statement during Ariel Castro’s sentencing Thursday. The woman, held captive the longest in Castro’s Seymour Avenue home, directed some of her statements at her former captor. “You took 11 years of my life away, and now I have it back,” she told the […]

  Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus are survivors, full of strength and character. At Ariel Castro’s sentencing, Thursday, another example of courage prevailed. Michelle Knight spent the entire time in the Justice Center courtroom.  Before the sentencing, she spoke confidently to the victimizer. “I will overcome all this that happened, but you will face hell […]

  Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Russo has sentenced Ariel Castro to life in prison without parole plus an additional 1,000 years. Judge Russo also ordered Castro to have no contact with any of the victims. Castro interrupted the judge and asked if that included Amanda Berry’s daughter. The judge told him the […]

  Michelle Knight, who was held captive for more than a decade, wrote a thank you to the Cleveland Division of Police Second District. Knight went missing in 2002 and was found inside Ariel Castro’s house on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland on May 6. Since then, more than $1.3 million has been donated to the […]

  Late Wednesday, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty filed what he intends to use regarding Ariel Castro sentencing on Thursday. The document details how each one of the victims — Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus — was lured to Castro’s house, either with a promise of a ride, a visit with Castro’s daughter […]

  The three women who survived a decade of captivity and torture at the hands of Ariel Castro released a statement Friday. It comes after the 53-year-old entered guilty pleas to hundreds of charges including rape, kidnapping and aggravated murder. Jones Day issued the following statement on behalf of survivors Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and […]

  Within hours of a YouTube video of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight being released, donations to the Cleveland Courage Fund increased substantially. In the video, the women expressed their gratitude to the community. Co-advisor for the Cleveland Courage Fund Chris Kelly said roughly $30,000 was donated in the hours after the video […]

Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus have released a statement on YouTube, thanking everyone for their support and generosity. The statement, released at 12:00 a.m. EDT on the newly-created Hennes Paynter Communications YouTube channel, featured all three women, as well as Gina’s mother and father. In a statement released on behalf of the families […]