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Recording of 911 Call
USA TODAY & Associated Press
CLEVELAND, OHIO — Three middle-aged brothers have been arrested after police, summoned by a frantic 911 call, raided a house in a residential area on Monday and rescued three women who have been missing for as long as a decade.
A hospital physician said all three women — who had apparently been tied up during their captivity — were in fair condition and talking with doctors who were evaluating them.
Crowds gathered Monday night on the street near the house where police said Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found earlier in the day.
Police said the brothers — ages 50, 52 and 54 — were arrested but did not release their names. Police planned a 9 a.m. ET news conference.
Berry identified one of the men as Ariel Castrol, a 52-year-old Cleveland school bus driver who owns the house where the women were being held. Records show that Castro was arrested for domestic violence in 1993, but that a grand jury declined to indict him, theCleveland Plain Dealerreported
The three women, along with a 6-year-old girl who was also in the house, were rescued by a neighbor, Charles Ramsey, who heard Berry yelling for help.
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