Michele Knight went missing in 2002 at the age of around 19, Amanda Berry disappeared in 2003 at age 16, and Gina DeJesus went missing a year later at age 14. Three brothers are in police custody in connection to the incident. Police in Cleveland said the suspects are Hispanic brothers aged 50, 52 and 54, but only one of them lived in the house on Seymour Avenue where the women were found. One of the suspects was named as Ariel Castro, a school bus driver. Julio Castro, who owns a nearby shop, confirmed that his nephew had been arrested. Police said a 6-year old was also found at the home. No further details have been released by police, but a relative of Berry said that she told her she had a daughter. The women were discovered by a neighbor after a dramatic bid for freedom by Berry on Monday, who attempted to flee the house after her alleged captor went out, and was seen by a neighbor.“I see this girl going nuts trying to get outside,” Charles Ramsey, who lived in a neighboring property, told reporters. “She says: ‘Help me get out, I’ve been here a long time.” Ramsay thought at the time it was some kind of domestic violence dispute, and kicked in the house’s locked door to free her. “Lucky on that door it was aluminum. It was cheap. She climbed out with her daughter,” he said. Berry then asked Ramsay to call 911. The police operator initially did not believe that Ramsey had found Amanda Berry, until she spoke into the phone. In her frantic call, which has been released to the media, she told the operator, “I’m Amanda Berry, I’ve been kidnapped. I’ve been missing for 10 years. I’m here now.” Community rallied for Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus; Activist calls it ‘miracle’ bit.ly/11dSuFF — ILEANA RIVEROS (@lleanaNYC) May 7, 2013 Ramsey said that he had shared barbeques with Ariel Castro and has never suspected a thing. “There was nothing exciting about him…well, until today,” he said.Police picked up Castro at a nearby McDonalds after Ramsey gave them a description of his car. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson told reporters he was thankful that the three girls have been found alive, adding that “We have many unanswered questions regarding this case and the investigation will be ongoing.” In this article from 2003 Amanda Berry’s mother said she thought her daughter might be held captive. web.archive.org/web/2004080316… — Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) May 7, 2013 The girls’ families reacted with delight and shock at the news of their discovery.“In all this time, 10 years, nobody never figured nothing about where she was at and this has come to an end and its right here on Seymour,” Gina DeJesus’ uncle said.Berry’s mother, Louwana, died three years after her daughter’s disappearance, which had taken a terrible toll on her health.Doctors have said the girls are in a fair condition and are being kept in hospital for observation. “This isn’t the ending we usually hear to these stories. We’re very happy,” Dr. Gerald Maloney said at a news conference. NEW PIC: @actionnews19 pic of Amanda Berry, sister/child in hospital. Amanda Berry found alive, disappeared 10yrs ago twitter.com/NewsBreaker/st… — NewsBreaker(@NewsBreaker) May 7, 2013 Amanda Berry was last heard from on April 21, 2003, when she phoned her sister to say she would be getting a lift home from Burger King. Gina DeJesus was on her way home from school when she went missing in 2004, while Michele Knight – who was older than the two others at 19 when she disappeared – was thought to have run away. Tears run down face of Amanda Berry’s Burger King coworker hearing about rescue 5.wews.com/kM1QH — WEWS NewsChannel5 (@WEWS) May 7, 2013 Their cases were reopened last year after a prison inmate told authorities that he thought he knew where she was buried in Cleveland. He received a four-and-a-half year sentence for giving police false information. … Read More
Boston mosque refuses to bury Tamerlan
The uncle of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect killed in a police shoot out, was denied her request to see her nephew buried in a Boston mosque. The aunt of the suspects told NBC that “one of the suspects’ uncles approached the imam of a Boston mosque attended by the brothers to request a burial and funeral service but was declined.”This mosque is not the only one in Boston reticent to lay the 26-year-old’s body to rest. The denials and equivocations are a part of a broader pattern of Muslims and Chechens understandably distinguishing themselves from the Tsarnaev brothers in the massacre’s wake. Via NBC:Continue Reading… … Read More
Must-see morning clip: SNL’s Kim Jong Un okays same-sex marrigage
On Saturday Night Live, Kim Jong Un (played by Bobby Moynihan) made two major announcements. First, the reopening of North Korea’s nuclear facility to enable the (“glorious”) production of nuclear weapons. Secondly, the Supreme Leader has decided to life the country’s ban on same sex marriage — having seen the unhappiness of his gay nephew (since executed, not for homosexuality, but for hosting a weekly book group). Watch below: ;Continue Reading… … Read More
Justin Bieber castration plot tape released
KOAT-TV in New Mexico has released a chilling audio recording between convicted murderer and rapist Dana Martin and Tanner Ruane, who late last year were involved in a plot to castrate and kill Justin Bieber.
Ruane, the nephew of Mark Staake, another inmate in on the plan, had been instructed by Martin to strangle Bieber with a paisley tie and then castrate him with hedge clippers. In the recording, Martin asks, ”Did he go over the Bieber thing with you?” referring to the plan.
“Nah. The way I like to work dude, I like to know as little as possible,” Ruane said. “He’s gonna use one of the things you gave him, and then he’s gonna take care of it.”
“We went and bought the hedge clippers,” Ruane said. “You’re gonna give me 5 large ($5,000) for each one I get.”
“Tie it really tight, and that cuts off all the oxygen, and then tie it in the back again, really tight. That seals the deal,” Martin said.
Report: China puts two Tibetan self-immolation ‘inciters’ on trial
Two Tibetans in southwest China stood trial for murder on Saturday for allegedly inciting others to self-immolate, state media said, as authorities aim to crack down on this form of protest. Lorang Konchok, 40, and his nephew Lorang Tsering, 31, “were accused of intentional homicide”…
Mexican Revolution Parade in Iguala, Mexico – November 20, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/v/SbBvbLwOtN4?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Link: Mexican Revolution Parade in Iguala, Mexico – November 20, 2012
