. >> luanna died of a break-in heart. i spent a lot of time with her. the thing that was so frustrating to me, she was just beyond being able to be broadcast as an amber alert, which was very frustrating to us because i think that had the amber alert been in effect for amanda there's a possibility that she could have been found. her mother, luanna was very adamant and so was her sister beth that the -- that amanda had a very regimented schedule. she went to work, before she left for work she only walked two blocks to go home. she told her mother when she was on her way home. and, you know, this particular night she was on her way home and called back and said, oh, i got a ride, i'll be home in a minute and they never saw her again. that was her birthday. and her mother would say to me over and over again, mandy would never do this. mandy's presents were on her bed. her new dress that he was going to wear for her birthday was sitting -- was laying on her bed. we were all waiting for her to come home and he didn't come home. it was not like her. she was a

but luanna passed away in 2006 before knowing the truth about what happened to amanda. home from school in the same area. her parents held a vigil every year on the anniversary of her disappearance, never giving up hope their daughter was still alive. >> i have that hope that we are going to bring her home. i won't have to come back out here another year looking for my daughter. >> reporter: gina's mother has always believed her daughter was kidnapped and sold into the trade. a third young woman, michelle knight, was 21 years old at the time of her disappearance. she was last seen at a cousin's house near west 106th and lorraine avenue on august 23, 2003. toss it back out to co-anchor chris flanigan he is live at the medical center. >> once word got out the three women were taken here to the hospital. family and friends came down here quickly and a lot of them. check in with news channel 5 tracy carlos with that part of the story. tracy? >> well, chris, family and friends say the girls are doing just fine tonight, unbelievably. they say for those who love these young wo

after she disappeared we were -- police were searching combing through the area and amanda's mother luanna received a call from amanda's cell phone and it was a man who said that he had amanda and they were married now and she would see her soon. and the cell phone was traced back just within maybe a mile from the seymour avenue address. and that is the last they heard from amanda. >> greta: did they follow up any clue on the cell phone pinging at all do you know? >> i'm pretty sure that they did but you would think i mean it was so close to where these girls were found. it doesn't -- i don't -- they followed up but i don't know if they took it as seriously as they should have if they would have known. >> greta: what about the 2004 sketch? >> the 2004 sketch, now that was a someone who said they witnessed gina dejesus getting in a car with someone and that was a composite sketch that he gave and it turned out are yellery much like are yell castro. >> i understand there was a dig and a search for one of the young girls or young women and that ariel castro went to the dig. what happened? >>

i just wish luanna was here. it's sad she had to go, but she went with a broken heart. was with her after a few months, i lived with her for a few months after -- >> that was amanda's mom who died in 2006. so your daughter just saw amanda in the hospital; is that correct? >> she didn't get to see her, no, uh-uh. she just came in. >> i understand about a week after amanda disappeared, a man actually called amanda's mom on amanda's cell phone? >> yes. yes, it was supposed to be from clark avenue. >> what do you make of that? >> they went and investigated it. and that's what i said, she's right in the neighborhood. just like when they found bodies up on seymore. that was crazy. she's got to be around somewhere then. they're saying that found a body. and they were right down the street. >> how far from where amanda disappeared, i mean, she was last seen leaving -- when her shift was over at the burger king, how far was that from the location where she was found? >> my goodness, it's not that far at all. that's off loraine by clark and it's about two, three miles away from h

after she disappeared we were -- police were searching combing through the area and amanda's mother luanna received a call from amanda's cell phone and it was a man who said that he had amanda and they were married now and she would see her soon. and the cell phone was traced back just within maybe a mile from the seymour avenue address. and that is the last they heard from amanda. >> greta: did they follow up any clue on the cell phone pinging at all do you know? >> i'm pretty sure that they did but you would think i mean it was so close to where these girls were found. it doesn't -- i don't -- they followed up but i don't know if they took it as seriously as they should have if they would have known. >> greta: what about the 2004 sketch? >> the 2004 sketch, now that was a someone who said they witnessed gina dejesus getting in a car with someone and that was a composite sketch that he gave and it turned out are yellery much like are yell castro. >> i understand there was a dig and a search for one of the young girls or young women and that ariel castro went to the dig. what happened? >>

after she disappeared we were -- police were searching combing through the area and amanda's mother luannaeived a call from amanda's cell phone and it was a man who said that he had amanda and they were married now and she would see her soon. and the cell phone was traced back just within maybe a mile from the seymour avenue address. and that is the last they heard from amanda. >> greta: did they follow up any clue on the cell phone pinging at all do you know? >> i'm pretty sure that they did but you would think i mean it was so close to where these girls were found. it doesn't -- i don't -- they followed up but i don't know if they took it as seriously as they should have if they would have known. >> greta: what about the 2004 sketch? >> the 2004 sketch, now that was a someone who said they witnessed gina dejesus getting in a car with someone and that was a composite sketch that he gave and it turned out are yellery much like are yell castro. >> i understand there was a dig and a search for one of the young girls or young women and that ariel castro went to the dig. what happened? >> he w