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Michelle Knight

  • D.O.B

    She was born
  • High school

    she had told her mother when she was 17 she had been assualted.
  • Day of missing

    The family of the then 20-year-old report her missing the following day
  • Mystery

    Knight was removed from the FBI's database of missing persons in 2003.
  • Suspicoius night

    Police, responding to an investigation by child and family services, visit the house at which the women were later found. It follows a complaint that suspect
  • Escape

    Escape
    Amanda escapes from the house as well as Knight, Dejesus
  • Sentencing

    At Castro's sentencing in August 2013, Knight stated, "I've got my life back. I spent 11 years in hell.
  • The criminal

    Castro hanged himself in prison on September 3, 2013.
  • After

    After
    In November 2013, Knight spoke to television host Dr. Phil McGraw about her ordeal.
  • Success

    Success
    She wrote Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings about her experience.