Amanda Berry, Georgina DeJesus and Michelle Knight are three girls who should never have met. However, these women are intrinsically linked for one devastating reason: they were all abducted and held prisoner by Ariel Castro 20 years ago this year.
In August 2002, Michelle, then aged 21, was walking home from her cousin’s house in Cleveland, Ohio when she crossed paths with Castro. He had tricked the young mother into thinking he had puppies, luring her to