I could listen to Mr. Ramsey be interviewed all day long. I know this is serious subject matter but this guy seriously amuses me, I think he's a laugh riot.

(05-08-2013, 12:53 PM)Duchess Wrote:

I could listen to Mr. Ramsey be interviewed all day long. I know this is serious subject matter but this guy seriously amuses me, I think he's a laugh riot.

Absolutely. I was listening to him talk to Anderson Cooper...bro.

(05-08-2013, 12:53 PM)Duchess Wrote:

I could listen to Mr. Ramsey be interviewed all day long. I know this is serious subject matter but this guy seriously amuses me, I think he's a laugh riot.

Then you'll love this:

Bwahahaha! *applauds*

(05-08-2013, 01:04 PM)username Wrote:

(05-08-2013, 12:53 PM)Duchess Wrote:

I could listen to Mr. Ramsey be interviewed all day long. I know this is serious subject matter but this guy seriously amuses me, I think he's a laugh riot.

Absolutely. I was listening to him talk to Anderson Cooper...bro.

Did you hear him say that he doesn't think he deserves the reward money and that it should go to the girls? That was cool. He also said that if he'd known what was going on in that house, he'd be in jail for triple homicide, you know what I mean, bro?! He really is amusing

I think Ramsey will end up with some reward money. The girls are probably gonna be more than okay financially if the investigation uncovers police negligence or incompetence. The state of California settled with Jaycee Dugard for $20 million; this one might go the same route. Her book was a best-seller too and she's started a foundation for victims of abduction. Hoping they'll be able to assist Michelle, Amanda and Gina.

(05-08-2013, 01:13 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: The state of California settled with Jaycee Dugard for $20 million;

Wow. Good for her!

I saw her speak at a function the other night, the same night the girls were found. She looked beautiful, she was poised & articulate, she seemed so well adjusted. She's turning her horrible ordeal into something wonderful to help others.

I didn't know that about Ramsey and the reward money. That's ubber cool.

It's great to see Jaycee doing so well, Duchess.

I had mixed feeling about suing the broke state when she'd already had a sizable advance for the book. After suing the state (for failure to adequately supervise her ex-con abductor), she also filed a suit against the federal government for the parolee policies. I don't know what became of that; it kinda fell off the map and she wasn't expected to succeed there.

IDK. I think there should be financial compensation, I just don't know how much is too much. I'm happy for Jaycee and don't begrudge her all of the money; nothing can make up for what she lost. But, I was hoping that such a large settlement would send a message to LE nationwide and motivate a review of policies and improvement in protocols related to house-visits and reports of weird goings-on. I don't think that hope is gonna transform into a reality though.

Anyway, I agree with your post upthread about the Clevleand women needing lawyers and good representation. I bet they have top-notch pros clamoring to get at them as we speak. I think Jaycee's foundation is a good thing and her organization will likely step in and help the Cleveland women navigate the legal process as well.

I wonder if that 6 y/o girl had ever even been in a car before.

(05-08-2013, 01:52 PM)username Wrote: I wonder if that 6 y/o girl had ever even been in a car before.

The first thing that crossed my mind was NO health care!

(05-08-2013, 01:52 PM)username Wrote: I wonder if that 6 y/o girl had ever even been in a car before.

I've been wondering a lot about her. Her education level, I know somewhere it said Amanda had been teaching her, but was she provided supplies and what not. I can't imagine what she's thinking during all of this. She probably had no idea anything was even wrong.

I actually just read a book called Room by Emma Donoghue that was very similar to this. The woman was kidnapped and she was kept in a shed in the backyard. She had a son and the book is from the view of the son. He was 5 and they escaped. He hated it. He wanted to go back to the Room. I wonder if the little girl is having these feelings.

Oh wow. CNN just reported that the 3^rd woman, Michelle, is unwilling to meet with her mother. I guess she's none too happy about their assumption that she left on her own accord.

First pictures of Michelle Knight before she was kidnapped as it's revealed she has 'hearing damage and facial injuries from years of beatings'
Michelle vanished on August 23, 2002 near her cousin's Cleveland home
Michelle had lost custody of her baby son before she vanished and authorities suggested she left of her own free will after the ordeal
Her mother Barbara Knight has traveled to Cleveland but she has not yet been reunited with her daughter


Michelle Knight, one of the three Ohio women freed from a decade of imprisonment, is reportedly suffering hearing loss and facial bone damage after years of vicious beatings to her head, it has emerged.
The 32-year-old, who vanished in 2002, was found at a Cleveland home on Monday with two other women and a six-year-old girl - but she has not yet contacted her mother for a reunion.
The first details about Michelle are emerging as images of her have finally been released. They show her as a teenager before she was kidnapped - at a time when she endured an often troubled relationship with her family.
She had given birth to a son who was later taken into the custody of child services, and authorities suggested to her mother that she may have fled following the upset from the ordeal.


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HLN is showing Gina DeJesus returning home (her face was covered with a hoodie).

Choked up here. Her family and neighbors are so thrilled to have her home; chanting, balloons, tears... 9 years in captvity; she's 23 and her loved ones haven't seen her since she was 14 years old. Wishing her as much peace as possible.

P.s. Sad that Michelle Knight apparently has no such support system; worried about her.

(05-08-2013, 02:48 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: P.s. Sad that Michelle Knight apparently has no such support system; worried about her.

Yes, it's very sad. I hope there is someone there who feels as we do & has the resources to take her under their wing. She deserves it.

(05-08-2013, 02:48 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: HLN is showing Gina DeJesus returning home (her face was covered with a hoodie).

Choked up here. Her family and neighbors are so thrilled to have her home; chanting, balloons, tears... 9 years in captvity; she's 23 and her loved ones haven't seen her since she was 14 years old. Wishing her as much peace as possible.

P.s. Sad that Michelle Knight apparently has no such support system; worried about her.

I was watching as well. I wonder what they do first. I also wonder how hard it is on Gina being that the home she returned to isn't the home she left.

I understand it but all the attention, people shouting at you...it's got to be overwhelming. I wonder how long the media will be camped outside their houses.


IIRC, Jaycee Dugard's family spirited her away for awhile. If they could arrange it, that's what the families ought to do with these women. FFS, there are helicopters flying over their houses.

(05-08-2013, 03:00 PM)username Wrote: I understand it but all the attention, people shouting at you...it's got to be overwhelming. I wonder how long the media will be camped outside their houses.


IIRC, Jaycee Dugard's family spirited her away for awhile. If they could arrange it, that's what the families ought to do with these women. FFS, there are helicopters flying over their houses.

I agree. It makes me sad to think that after being trapped in that house for all those years, even now if they just want to step out in the sun, they have to worry about all the people out there. I'd hope that someone would send them away somewhere secluded for at least a few days.

I read in one article that Michelle Knight was also developmentally slow. I'm sure the additional beatings didn't help.

The psychological damage they've endured is almost unimaginable.

LE confirming that no human remains were found in the Castro house; they will hold a press conference today at 5 pm ET.