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Ariel Castro kidnappings — the full case file

SOLVED2207 Seymour Avenue, Tremont, Cleveland, Ohio2:464 August 2026

Ariel Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus separately between 2002 and 2004 and held them captive for about a decade at his Cleveland home before Berry's 2013 escape led to their rescue and his arrest.

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