Elevate your local knowledge

Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!

Select Region

Selecting your primary region ensures you get the stories that matter to you first.

Woman captive for decade hopes new TV role helps the missing

Woman captive for decade hopes new TV role helps the missing | iNFOnews.ca
FILE – In this May 6, 2014, file photo, Amanda Berry, on the anniversary of her escape from a Cleveland home where she and two others were held captive for a decade, is honored at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's annual Hope Awards dinner in Washington. Cleveland television station WJW-TV announced Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, that Berry will host daily segments publicizing other missing-persons cases. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

CLEVELAND – A woman who escaped a home where she and two others were held captive for a decade is joining a Cleveland television station to bring attention to other missing-persons cases in a daily segment.

Amanda Berry says she hopes the features on WJW-TV (http://bit.ly/2kF65UT ) help locate missing people and provide hope for those searching for them.

The segments will air on news broadcasts throughout the day. Berry will discuss a different missing-person case each day and talk about how viewers can help families of the missing and investigators searching for them.

Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were abused by Ariel Castro before escaping his shuttered home in 2013. Berry also gave birth to Castro’s daughter.

Castro hanged himself in his cell after he was sentenced to life in prison.

___

Information from: WJW-TV, http://www.fox8.com

News from © The Associated Press, . All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Join the Conversation!

Want to share your thoughts, add context, or connect with others in your community?

Create a free account

The Associated Press

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.

Related Articles