plastic pool, delivered by michele knight. when the baby was born, she stopped breathing and castro told knight that if the baby died, he'd kill her. amanda berry told police that the baby's father is the company, ariel castro. michele knight was pregnant at least five times by the suspect. each time, forced to abort the baby by starvation and by castro repeatedly punching her in the stomach. none of the women were ever treated by a doctor while in captivity. when police entered the home on monday, no one found in the basement. but as an officer neared the top of the stairs and yelled cleveland police, michele knight through herself into her arms and then michele knight ran out, threw herself into his arms. >> we found them. we found them. >> reporter: amanda berry had hit her breaking point, desperate to get out of the house on seymour avenue. why was she able to escape now, after more than ten years in