Crime Amanda Berry, Georgina DeJesus and Michelle Knight are three girls who should never have met. However, these women are intrinsically linked for one devastating reason: they were all abducted and held prisoner by Ariel Castro 20 years ago this year.
In August 2002, Michelle, then aged 21, was walking home from her cousin’s house in Cleveland, Ohio when she crossed paths with Castro. He had tricked the young mother into thinking he had puppies, luring her to his backyard before holding her captive in the home. “[I thought] I could take one home to my son because, unfortunately, his dog has passed away,” she later told CNN. Instead, Michelle faced hellish abuse as she endured torture, beatings, rape and starvation inside Castro’s house. “He said, ‘You’re not gonna leave…
