wilbur wright elementary school. back on april 2, 2004 it was wilbur wright middle school and this is where gina dejesus went to school. looks leak a lovely place for your child to go to school. on that date, april 2, 2004, something dreadful happened. gina who was a special education student decided she would walk home from school. left the school never to arrive home and they all just vanished in areas in broad daylight that looked perfectly safe. this is where it happened. 2207 seymour street and if you look down the street you can see the fbi is still processing the white houses where the three women and a young child apparently have been for many, many years. neighbors give all sorts of different stories. some describe the man who lives there castro as an ordinary guy but the story that sort of we hear from everybody is how surprised they were. they never in their wildest dreams believed that those three women would be held captive in that particular house. >> on the record has been on the investigation of the m

this is wilbur wright elementary school.was wilbur wright middle school, where gina dejesus went to school. it looks like a lovely place for your child to go to school. but on that date, 2004, something dreadful happened. gina, a special education student, decided to walk home from school. she walk left the school and vanished, in broad daylight in areas that looked perfectly safe. this is where it happened, 2007 seymour street. if you look down the street, you can see the fbi is still processing the white houses where the three women and a young child apparently have been for many, many years. neighbors give all sorts of different stories. some neighbors describe the man who lived there, castro, as an ordinary guy. but the story that we hear from everybody is how surprised they were. they never in their wildest dreams believed that those three women would be held captive in that particular house. been on the investigation of the missing girls now women from almost the beginning. right after 14-year-old gina dejesus vanished

wilbur wright elementary school. back on april 2, 2004 it was wilbur wright middle school and this is where gina dejesus went to school. looks leak a lovely place for your child to go to school. on that date, april 2, 2004, something dreadful happened. gina who was a special education student decided she would walk home from school. left the school never to arrive home and they all just vanished in areas in broad daylight that looked perfectly safe. this is where it happened. 2207 seymour street and if you look down the street you can see the fbi is still processing the white houses where the three women and a young child apparently have been for many, many years. neighbors give all sorts of different stories. some describe the man who lives there castro as an ordinary guy but the story that sort of we hear from everybody is how surprised they were. they never in their wildest dreams believed that those three women would be held captive in that particular house. >> on the record has been on the investigation of the m

she was just 14 years old walking home from wilbur wright middle school.cy, gina's mother, always believed her daughter had been kidnapped and sold into the sex trade. she must feel vindicated at least that her daughter was alive as she always thought. >> that is true. nancy stepped out of the hospital room for a short time and assured the family that gina is doing well and she had asked for other members but nancy never gave up faith knowing that her daughter would one day be found. >> do you know, sheila, the reaction of gina's mother when she heard the news? >> i do not. i was not present. but i'm sure she was overjoyed. >> sylvia, did the family ever give up hope that one day, gina would be found alive? >> they never did. her mother and father truly never, ever gave up hope. nancy was always very stoic, is very stoic, very strong woman, and she has always said that she just could feel it, a link a mom can feel, but she always believed gina was alive and well. she always believed that. i, you know, just want to say what a phenomenal mother's day gift sh

back on april 2, 2004, it was wilbur wright middle school.this is where gina dejesus went to school. looks like a lovely place for your child to go to school. but on that date, april 2, 2004, something dreadful happened. gina, who was a special education student, decided she would walk home from school. she left the school, never to arrive back at home. on august 23, 2002, in this area, michelle knight, who was then about 18 years old, was last scene. no one knew what happened to her after that date, where she went, whether she was dead, whether she was alive. she simply vanished. what is particularly interesting about this is about eight months later, about three blocks down lorraine, is the burger king where amanda berry disappeared about eight months later and they all just vanished from areas in broad daylight that looked perfectly safe. this is where it happened, 2207 seymour street. if you look down the street you see the fbi is still processing the white house where's the three women and a young child apparently have been for many, man

gina dejesus disappears while walking home from wilbur wright middle school in april 2004. she is 14, a seventh grader in special education classes. that same month, gina and amanda's stories are featured on "america's most wanted." >> two attractive teenaged girls. they disappear in similar circumstances along the same busy avenue. what does it mean? >> reporter: in march 2006, amanda's mother dies of heart failure. relatives say she died of a broken heart. a couple of years later, hunters find a body in a wisconsin creek matching amanda's description. it's another false lead. and just last year, an inmate at lucasville prison claims amanda is buried in a field. police find no evidence of the missing teen. with all three girls still missing, police get a hot tip on gina dejesus in september 2006. they dig up a cleveland garage floor. another dead end. in 2008, authorities release this age progression photo of gina. a year later, in 2009, two of the girls' families spotlight their cases on "oprah." >> what's been hardest for me is amanda has been gone too long and i want he

amanda berry, my sons went to school with her, both wilbur wright and john marshall. >> everybody isonnection that perhaps ariel, your cousin, actually targeted her in particular. do you know anything about a relationship there? >> nothing. you know, obviously, all of this is starting to unfold in front of our family, just as it is the rest of the nation. and we are shocked some of the things that are coming to light. we are shocked by some of the things that are being said. we don't know what the relationship was there. we can't speculate on that it's an ongoing investigation with cleveland police and the fbi, some of gina's family has come forward to say, yes, they knew him, yes, they had associated with him. had even, you know -- a couple of them played in a band with him. >> so maybe gina trusted him. >> perhaps. obviously, there are photographs circulating that ariel's daughter was very good friends with gina. how he planned this, why he planned this, why it happened, we have no idea. you know, we're a good family, and, unfortunately, every villain out there has a family, that h

she was a seventh grader at wilbur wright middle school. she had in special ed classes and decided to walk home that day. >>brian: amanda berry called home to say she got a ride home from the fast food restaurant she was working in and that was the last time anyone heard from her. amanda's mom passed away. she was on oprah's show and talked about it. they said the stress of not knowing what happened to amanda killed her. michelle knight missing since the year 2000. they were trying to figure out if she was a run-away. >>gretchen: you have to wonder how these girls could be in that home for that long. how were they fed? how were they clothed? how did one of them potentially have a baby. that baby never went to the hospital ostensibly. it is amazing they could be done there and these people could be -- at least one of them of these three brothers could be that great at being a secret for ten years. unbelievable. >>brian: we're going to talk to the cousin shortly. meanwhile jennifer picard, berry's best friend, here is her reaction. >> i'm her