Amanda Berry was just shy of 17 when she was taken. Gina Dejesus was 14. Michele Knight was 20 and from reports “retarded.” The first two weren’t “women” when they were kidnapped.
Just how is one supposed to react in these situations, especially a teenager or one who is a child mentally?
Fear is a strong motivator for a captor and captive.
Some reports state that the victims were kept in separate rooms throughout much of the last decade and allowed limited communication.
It’s always so much easier to view things like this from an outside, objective perspective. We aren’t in the situation, we aren’t beaten, raped, terrorized. We think we know how we’d react.
I remember when Shawn Hornbeck (and Elizabeth Smart and Steven Stayner and others) was rescued/escaped and the same questions were raised.
I think it makes more sense than all the bravado from people who have never been in that situation.
The three girls suffered horrific, traumatic abuse:
New report details shocking life in Cleveland home where the three women were held captive for about 10 years
Michelle Knight, now 32, says how she saved the life of Amanda Berry’s newborn daughter by resuscitating her after she was born
She says that her alleged abductor, Ariel Castro, threatened to kill Amanda if her baby died
Reports say that Castro played cruel games with the girls by pretending to go out, but instead lie in wait to see if they would try to leave
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2321647/Cleveland-kidnapping-Michelle-Knight-reveals-gave-CPR-Amanda-Berrys-baby-save-lives.html#ixzz2SlFFQjbn
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