Posted on 05/07/2013 4:21:45 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
CLEVELAND (AP) — The woman's voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told a 911 dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."
Those words led police to a house near downtown Cleveland where Berry and two other women who vanished a decade ago were found Monday, elating family members and friends who had longed to see them again.
Authorities later arrested three brothers. They released no names and gave no information about them or what charges they might face.
City officials have scheduled a news conference for Tuesday morning.
Police Chief Michael McGrath said he thinks Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were tied up at the house and held there since they were in their teens or early 20s.
A 6-year-old also was found in the home, but police didn't disclose the child's identity or relationship to anyone in the home. The women appeared to be in good health and were taken to a hospital to be evaluated and be reunited with relatives.
The women's escape and rescue began with a frenzied cry for help.
A neighbor, Charles Ramsey, told WEWS-TV he heard screaming Monday and saw Berry, whom he didn't recognize, at a door that would open only enough to fit a hand through. He said she was trying desperately to get outside and pleaded for help to reach police.
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It was interesting listening to the dispatcher talking with the police and others at the station as this was going down...as well as with Berry. Who people forget she said ok and said goodbye to the dispatcher and hung up...once she was told the police were on the way and what she needed to do.
“Dispatcher: WE’RE GOING TO SEND THEM AS SOON AS WE GET A CAR OPEN”
Explicitly saying they will send a car “as soon as (they) get a car open.”
The victim only knows what the 911 operator is telling her, i.e., she was going to get a car, not immediately, but when they get one open.
Fact.
Have a nice day. Buh-bye
<....”Explicitly saying they will send a car “as soon as (they) get a car open.”....>
Yes, and the problem with that is ?????
Recall that ‘before’ the conversation ended Berry was told, and clearly understood, the police were on the way.
Again, listen to what was also being said at the station between the dispatcher and those there.
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