where gina and mi we had heard all along, wolf, that amanda was treated a little bit better than the other two and that michelle knight took the brunt of of their abuse. in their room we saw the rusty chains, 99 feet along according to the investigator today. we learned there was just a cutout in the ceiling to give them a little bit of ventilation. we also saw the pictures of t s this we were able to see for ourselves, add color to the picture we ve been trying to understand. we learned the disturbing details of this case. an investigator prevented the gun that aial cass toe he used them to feel cole eefr them and
into eternity. reporter: knight has told police she was pregnant at least five times but was starved and punched until she eventually miscarried. dna tests have confirmed castro was the father of amanda berry s young daughter. when we were in cleveland at the time of the women s rescue, a source familiar with the investigation told cnn that when berry went into labor, castro ordered michelle knight to deliver the child. the baby was delivered in a plastic tub or pool to contain the mess. and the source says once the child was born there were moments of horror and panic. the child stopped breathe aepg, according to the source. everyone screamed, and ariel castro allegedly threatened to kill michelle knight if the baby didn t survive. according to a police report, michelle knight said she breathed into the child s mouth to keep her alive. the evidence that the women were bound, that chains and ropes were in the home is consistent with the accounts of fernando colon. he was engaged to g
going on in that home. and as castro was led away, michelle walked out of the courtroom finally free to start the rest of her life. and the number to keep in mind beyond the sentence that castro got, life plus 1,000 years, is another staggering number, 13,226, the number of days that those three women were held going back to the first girl that was taken, michelle knight. wolf? she was really amazing, that michelle knight and this courage, the strength of her statement. the other two, amanda berry and gina de jesus, they do not want to appear. did they offer an explanation? no, the attorney said that simply at this time in their life they weren t ready. they felt this was the best way to go forward and quite frankly, michelle, especially in the words of the judge, he said that
prosecution revealed in court chains, ties, even a motorcycle helmet that police say was placed on at least one victim when she was sexually assaulted. a door rigged with an alarm clock to signal castro if someone was trying to get out, showing a model of his home, officials said he reconfigured the house to keep the women hidden. even with the presentation of this huge trove of evidence, ariel castro was still bold enough to interrupt the judge several times. this exchange was over the aggravated murder charge. [ inaudible ] fetus. that never happened. mr. castro, you talked with your attorneys and made a decision to plead guilty to count 1 as indicted, correct? yes, i did, and i did not kill anyone. i am not a murderer. reporter: the only victim to appear, michelle knight, who said she spent 11 years in hell. days never got shorter. days turned into nights, nights turned into days, years turned
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