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CLEVELAND — It was the perfect place to hide three captives in plain sight.In a rundown section of Cleveland, Ohio, police say three young women — Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight — were held against their will in a white, two-story house for roughly a decade before Berry escaped Monday night and the other two were freed.While some who lived and worked in the neighborhood described i...
At a time when the country is celebrating the bravery of three kidnapping victims and the heroism of their rescuer, unexpected public ire has fallen on the 911 operator who received Amanda Berry's heart-wrenching plea for help — particularly for not remaining on the line with her until the police arrived.On Facebook, a "Fire the dispatcher that took Amanda Berry's call" page was launched soon afte...
WASHINGTON — A day after the discovery of three kidnapped Cleveland women who had been missing for nearly a decade, former captive Jaycee Dugard and her mother said they are feeling the same joy they felt when the two were reunited after 18 years of being held hostage.The mother and daughter were being honored here Tuesday at the annual Hope Awards Gala, sponsored by the National Center for Missin...
The couple tied up by Christopher Dorner, the man who found his burning truck and a tow-truck driver who spotted the rogue ex-cop will split a $1 million reward offered during February’s epic manhunt, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Dorner was a former LAPD officer and a U.S. Navy reservist who targeted police officers and their families. He killed four people, including two law enf...
Residents of a Houston neighborhood are being warned to stay away from giant African land snails after a woman found one in her garden and snapped a photo of it.The snails, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous to touch, in part because they can carry meningitis. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with them to wash their hands thoroughly."They also carry a parasitic disease t...
