how is it different from going to tuko to ariel castro ariel castro, that was real life horror that these difference. it's this is actually someone who everyone is sort of aware of and what he did, so to try to really understand what motivated this person, you can't just pull from your imagination, you have to go by facts and try tothis. you have to try to understand it, and it takes a toll on you. >> tell me how, what happened in your daily life what would change, what would you do? >> never ended. for six weeks that you're working on it you're living in this guy's space, his mental space, and you can try to figure out emotionally how he felt about it but it never ends. there's no relaxing you don't get away from it you're constantly thinking about the character, so it wears you down. >> how about the people closest to you, wore you down did it wear them down knowing you were taking ariel castro home every day? >> fortunately, i was gone i was in cleveland, so my wife was really happy about that. she's like are you going to be gone right? yes, she said good. it is, it's hard. you kind of

ariel as throw. >> tell us about that day. you were with his daughter? >> yes. arlene castroyou have any idea what kind of man he was? >> no. i just knew -- i just knew that that was her father, and my dad was friends with him. >> gina is heading home from school with her friend, arlene, and gets her some of her bus money to phone home. >> we were talking about what we wanted to do because it was friday, and then i was like, you can come over, and then she asked her mom, and her mom says no. she went the other way, and then i went the other way. >> now short on bus fare, gina starts the long walk home when suddenly that maroon suv pulls up on the curb. it's arlene's father. >> he asks me if you've seen my daughter. i said yeah, she's right around the corner. he was like, can you help me find her. and i said, sure. >> when they arrive at the house. he invites her in. >> i was sitting there, and he look starts like to like touch me and stuff. and then, i'm like, what are you doing? you can go to jail, and then he just switches up, okay, you're going to go home now. but you can'

home from her job at this burger king -- just a day before her b 17th birthday by a man named ariel castro. castro takes amanda to this two-storied white house on seymour avenue. in the house, amanda watches her mother, her sister, her own story slowly unfold in the bitter grays of a tiny black and white tv. what went through your mind when you were watching that? >> that kept me going. and i said, "you know what? i'm gonna make it home to you. as long as you fight, i'm gonna fight." >> reporter: amanda is not alone. 22-year-old michelle knight is also being held captive by castro in the house turned into a bunker. >> there were doors that were put on the windows. completely covering the windows so no light could come in. >> reporter: a year later a third kidnapping, 14-year-old gina dejesus. from day one she's a fighter. >> i tried to run, but he sat on my back. and then i just start kicking him. i kicked him and i bruised him really bad. >> reporter: through the years of their captivity, the girls bond. nothing brings them closer together than when amanda gives birth to a baby girl she n

their abductor was ariel castro.hrough the years of their captivity, they held onto one conviction. that their families would never give up on them. the story in their book titled "hope" begins this way. >> now we want the world to know. >> we survived. we love life. >> we were stronger than ariel castro. >> it is april 21st 2003 the day before her 17th birthday when the suv starts to follow her down the street. >> and he ask, do you need a ride home. and i said i said yes. >> the man inside is the father of her friend from middle school. >> i was like she's at my house. >> what happened when you went into the house? >> i never got back out. >> her memories of what happened next are still raw. >> he told me to pull down my pants. and from there, i knew like this was not going to be good. >> amanda was last seen leaving work -- >> all across the state, the news of her makes headlines. >> i said, i was going to make it home to you. >> tiny room about the size of a closet is dark and filthy. >> it was just disgusting an

ariel castro pled guilty to nearly 1000 charges, including kidnapping, rape, and torture. he killed himself in prison a few months later. a mystery in loudoun county, a young woman gone missing for years ago without a trace. the newest twist, a bone chilling letter from the woman arriving five years after she wrote it, one of many shocking turns from the case. jennifer donelan takes us on the hunt. jennifer: bethany decker wrote a letter to her future self when she was 19 years old. all of her plans were there, in black and white. get married, have a child, start a career, go to europe. >> she had lots of dreams of what her future would look like, and it was nothing like this. jennifer: decker has been gone without a trace since 2011. sources say that her husband will not talk to detectives anymore. her boyfriend was and is a person of interest still. and there was a three-week delay from the last time she was seen in the first call to 911. >> a lot of evidence, a lot of leads, they evaporate. jennifer: at the time, decker was 21 and married. she had a young son. she was t

the two have written a memoir of the ten years trapped inside the home of ariel castro. the women said castro sexually assaulted them repeatedly and there were beatings and starvation and the two should somehow learned how to cope. >> they were able to watch television and they would see their family and friends over the years, how they never gave up hope and it made it so they were not going to give up hope. >> that hope was realized in 2013 when amanda was able to escape and lead authorities to the other women being held. ariel castro would be tried and convicted and died in prison. robin roberts' exclusive interview airs on a special "20/20" tonight at 10:00 on abc 7. >>> the big chicken change. up first as prince william and duchess kate await the birth of their second child they're saying thanks in a very sweet bay. >> i'm spencer christian, looking out at the western sky and a few, thin, wispy clouds and get ready for a big warm up coming up shortly and i'll >>> another lovely day behind us. >> beautiful. >> blue skies out there and spencer christian joins us now wi

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they escaped in 2013 from the cleveland only of ariel castro.s describing their terrifying capture and their harrowing escape. >> what happened when you went into the house? >> he started showing me around the house i never got back out. i tried to run. he sat on my back. then i started kicking him. i kicked him and bruised him bad. my heart immediately started pounding. should i chance it? if i'm going to do it i need to do it now. >> share your emotions when you first realized it's over and i made it. >> we're free now. >> now we want the world to know we survived. we love life. we were stronger than ariel castro. >> he was sentenced to life in prison but he killed himself later. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," bruce jenner's interview didn't rock the ratings but got the whole nation thinking. we'll talk about that next. would i stay in someone else's house? but this morning a city i've never been to felt like one i already knew. i just wanted to thank you for sharing your world with me. it felt like home. airbnb. belong anywhere. >> i wa

cuando su madre muriÓ un aÑo despuÉs de su rapto... >> todo va a estar bien le dijo a fidel castro. _ arielmanda. su madre tratÓ de darle una vida normal. creÓ una escuela ficticia en el dormitorio. ahÍ le el seÑor cruzÓ la calle. unas semanas despuÉs de que fuera sentenciado se suicidÓ su celda. tomÓ la salida fÁcil dice de jesÚs. ricardo: sÓlo dos de las raptadas hablaron en este reportaje. cuando se entero que estaba embarazada, amanda no rechazÓ el embarazo pensÓ que era una bendiciÓn que su mamÁ le habÍa enviado para que pudiera sobrelleva la niÑa se parece mucho a Él pero desde ella. dice que jugar con la niÑerÍas y olvidar todo.pesadilla, que ojala logren olvidar. aunque siempre quedaran las cicatrices. gracias, ricardo. # y para nuestro final de impacto...les tenemos algo pocas veces visto!!! se trata de un camello que se lanzo a todo galope por una concurrida autopista en los emiratos arabes, mientras un hombre descalzo trata de atraparlo!! unos turistas britanicos su auto el peculiar incidente y publicaron el video en las redes sociales, donde ha causado revuelo!! # se acabo el ti

las victimas de cleveland que permanecieron cautivas por una decada bajo las garras de ariel castro,es, dice entre llanto. observÓ en un pequeÑo televisor blanco y negro la cobertura que se desatÓ en una bÚsqueda y de su madre en una pantalla suplicando por tenerlo de vuelta en su casa. cuando su madre muriÓ un aÑo despuÉs de su rapto... >> todo va a estar bien le dijo a fidel castro. _ ariel >> tenÍa un conflicto interno una parte de ella decÍa que diablos hago y la otra que era necesario. >> necesitaba. que cariÑoso, humano aunque fuera de Él. amanda nunca se dio por vencida y mantuvo un diario por todas las veces que era violada y torturada. un aÑo despuÉs llegÓ otra vÍctima de 14 aÑos quien nada les uniÓ mÁs que el nacimiento del hijo de amanda. su madre tratÓ de darle una vida normal. creÓ una escuela ficticia en el dormitorio. ahÍ le el seÑor cruzÓ la calle. unas semanas despuÉs de que fuera sentenciado se suicidÓ su celda. tomÓ la salida fÁcil dice de jesÚs. ricardo: sÓlo dos de las raptadas hablaron en este reportaje. cuando se entero que estaba embarazada, amanda no rechazÓ

we were stronger than ariel castro. >> amanda berry takes us back to the spot where she was kidnapped>> one ride can change your whole life. >> on april 21st is, 2003, she is abducted on her way home from her job at this burger king just a day before her 17th birthday by a man named ariel castro. he takes amanda to this two-storied white house on seymour avenue. in the house, amanda watches her mother, her sister, her own story slowly unfold in the bitter grays of a tiny black and white tv. >> what went through your mind watching that? >> that kept me going. i said i'm going to make it home to you. as long as you fight, i'm going to fight. >> amanda is not alone. 22-year-old michele knight is also being held captive by castro in the house turned into a bunker. >> there are doors that were put on the windows. completely covering the windows so no light could come in. >> a year later a third kidnapping, 14-year-old gina dejesus, from day one she's a fighter. >> i tried to run but he sat on my back. then i just start kicking him. i bruised him really bad. >> through the years of captivit

just a day before her 17th birthday by a man named ariel castro. entary school bus driver. castro takes amanda to this two-story white house on seymour avenue. what happened when you went into the house? >> he started showing me around the house and i never got back out. >> reporter: in the house amanda watches her mother, her sister, her own story slowly unfold in the bitter graze of a tiny black and white tv. >> what went through your mind? >> that kept me going and i said you know, i'm going to make it home to you. as long as you fight i'm going to fight. >> reporter: amanda is not alone. 22-year-old michelle knight is also being held captive by castro in the house turned into a bunker. >> there were doors put on the windows completely covering the windows so no light could come in. the bolt that held those doors on the wall were sheared off. >> reporter: a year later a third kidnapping. 14-year-old gina dejesus, from day one, she's a fighter. >> i tried to run but he sat on my back. and then i started kicking him. i kicked him and bruised him ba

gina dejesus tells "people" magazine captor ariel castro liked to play russian roulette. he would load a gun, put it to her head and then pull the trigger putting just one bullet in there. he would tell her to do the same thing to him. dejesus spent ten years in captivity along with two other women. also this morning, the woman who inspired the iconic rosie the riveter has died. mary doyle keefe was 92. she modelled for the original mormon rockwell patient p picture that symbolized the strength and contributions of women during world war ii. and this is cool. look at this. construction workers in southern china have made quite the discovery. they discovered 43 fossilized dinosaur eggs including 19 fully intact. look at that. archaeologists will analyze the eggs to determine their >>> dr. mehmet oz says he's not going anywhere. the medical doctor and tv host will deliver a strong statement on his show this afternoon, hitting back at critics. oz is facing serious scrutiny after 10 doctors at columbia university accused him of promoting certain treatments on his show for fin

i was first moved to introduce this bill last fall following the case of ariel castro in cleveland. he was on trial for kidnapping, raping and holding prisoner three women for a decade, and then he asked the judge for parental rights to visit the 6-year-old daughter that was conceived through his rape. the brown-ayotte-shaheen brown-ayotte-shaheen-gillibrand- baldwin amendment helps protect rape survivors by encouraging states to pass laws allowing women to petition for the termination of their attacker's parental rights if there is clear and convincing evidence that the child was conceived through the rape. madam president, i yield a minute to my colleague from new hampshire. ms. ayotte: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. ms. ayotte: i want to thank senator brown. this is a very important bill. if you are supporting victims protecting life and children and against rapists, this is the amendment to vote for because unfortunately rapists too often try to manipulate their victims by claiming custodial rights over children, and we need to stand with