The Lost Girls (43 page)

Seymour Avenue, Cleveland, where Ariel Castro kept three women imprisoned for a decade without any of his neighbors suspecting a thing. (Courtesy John Glatt)

The heavy curtain at the top of the stairs which Castro hung up to hide the bedrooms where he held his prisoners. (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)

The filthy mattress which Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus shared was infested with bed bugs. (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)

The McDonald’s where Ariel Castro was arrested with his brother Onil. (Courtesy John Glatt)

Ariel Castro’s mug shot after his arrest. (Courtesy Cleveland Police)

Amanda Berry on the day she escaped. (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)

The day after her escape, Amanda was interviewed by Cleveland detectives. (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)

Gina DeJesus just hours after she escaped from 2207 Seymour Avenue. (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)

Police mug shots of the three Castro brothers. Left to right: Onil, Ariel, and Pedro. (Courtesy Cleveland Police)

A scale model of 2207 Seymour Avenue, which was displayed in the courtroom at Ariel Castro’s sentencing. (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)

Michelle Knight bravely confronted her abductor at his sentencing, telling him he would “face hell for eternity.” (Courtesy the court video pool)

Ariel Castro was sentenced to life without parole plus one thousand years for his horrendous crimes. (Courtesy The Ohio Department of Corrections)

The site where 2207 Seymour Avenue once stood after it was razed to the ground. (Courtesy John Glatt)