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Chains and ropes in US kidnap house: police chief
Amanda Berry, 27, Gina DeJesus, 23, and Michelle Knight, 32, were freed from a home on Seymour Avenue, Cleveland on Monday, around ten years after they disappeared in separate incidents.
The occupant of the home, a 52-year-old former school bus driver of Puerto Rican origin, Ariel Castro, has been detained, along with his brothers, Pedro, 54, and Onil, 50.
"We have confirmation they were bound and there were chains and ropes in the hall," Cleveland police chief Michael McGrath said on the Today Show.
"The investigative task force team, which is comprised of the FBI and Cleveland officers, has been interviewing the victims since last evening and they'll continue today," he said.
He said that until the interviews with the three women were complete, it would not be possible to describe in detail how they were treated, and said he could not confirm reports that the captives had had multiple pregnancies.
"They were released out in the backyard once in a while I believe," McGrath said, adding: "Their physical wellbeing was very good considering the circumstances."
US women captives never left property: police
Three women held captive for a decade in a home in the US city of Cleveland never left the property owned by their accused kidnapper before they were rescued this week, police said Wednesday.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight are believed to have only been allowed to leave the home briefly on two occasions, both times to go "into the garage in disguise," deputy police chief Ed Tomba told reporters.
52-year-old US man Ariel Castro has been charged with kidnapping and rape in connection with the abduction of the women, a city prosecutor said.
Ariel Castro is accused of raping Berry, DeJesus and Knight during their time in captivity in his home, city prosecutor Victor Perez told reporters.
Castro faces four counts of kidnapping, related to DeJesus, Knight, Berry and Berry's six-year-old daughter, who was born in captivity. The rape charges do not relate to the child.
Castro's two brothers -- Pedro, 54, and Onil, 50 -- were also arrested on Monday, but will not be charged.
"There is nothing that leads us to believe that they were involved or had any knowledge of this," deputy city police chief Ed Tomba said of the brothers.
"We found no facts to link them to the crime."
Any Reward Money In Ohio Kidnappings Should Go To Victims - Charles Ramsey
Charles Ramsey, the neighbor who helped to free three women from the Cleveland-area home where police said they were held for more than a decade, told CNN's Anderson Cooper that any reward money tied to the case should go to the victims.
The FBI's missing person page for Gina DeJesus, who disappeared while walking home from school in April of 2004 at the age of 14, notes that the agency would be offering a reward of an unspecified amount for information leading to her recovery.
A page dedicated to Amanda Berry, who vanished while walking home from work at a fast food restaurant in 2003 at the age of 16, also promises up to $25,000 for anyone with information about her disappearance.
When Cooper pointed out the potential for reward money, Ramsey promptly dismissed the suggestion that he'd be accepting anything in return for his help.
“I tell you what you do, give it to them,” Ramsey told CNN. “Because if folks been following this case since last night, you been following me since last night, you know I got a job anyway.”
Ramsey went on to explain that he's a Christian and just did what he was supposed to do.
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