Kidnap victim shuns family, Kidnap victim, Michelle Knight, is shunning her family as she recuperates in hospital after being rescued from 11 years of captivity in the home of abductor, Ariel Castro.
Knight was held for more than a decade – the longest of the three victims held in Castor's home – and at the moment she remains hospitalized whereas the other two victims, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus have gone home to family.
Knight has refused visits from relatives, according to reports, some of whom believed that she had run away whens he disappeared 11 years ago.
Doctors at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland have described Thursday that the 32 year old Knight is in good health. However, it now emerges that neither Knight's grandmother nor her mother, who flew in from Florida this week, have seen her yet, according to Reuters.
Grandmother, Deborah Knight has said, "No, we haven't – on her request. She does not want to be seen by family," according to Reuters.
However, Michelle has agreed to allow one of her siblings, brother Freddie Knight, in to see her since she was free on Monday.
Freddie has since described his sister: "Her skin was white as a ghost. She told me she was excited to start a new life."
However, since his one visit to see her he has not been back. Instead he has spoken to her one on the telephone, but has agreed to stay away for the moment at the recommendation of hospital staff.
As well as Knight, Amanda Berry, now 27, was freed on Monday. She went missing in April 2003 after finishing a work shift at a local Burger King, one day before her 17th birthday.
Berry's aunt, Gale Mitchell, has spoken out about the developments, testifying that her family had never given up hope that she would be found alive.
"My daughter (Berry's cousin) had a feeling she was still alive," Mitchell recently told CNN. "So did I. You don't give up hope; you just pray and pray and pray."
"It's crazy. I always knew that Amanda was a strong-willed person and eventually I knew she would get out of there. I just knew it. I just wondered 'Why not sooner?'" Mitchell questioned.
The three girls were found in a home belonging to Ariel Castro in a low-income neighborhood on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland's West Side on Monday.
Gina DeJesus disappeared at age 14 in April 2004 while walking home from school, and Knight, who disappeared at age 20 in August 2002.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Kidnap victim shuns family
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