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Amanda Berry speaks in a video released on YouTube on Monday, July 8, thanking people for support and privacy. Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight escaped from a Cleveland home on May 6, 2013, after being held captive for nearly a decade. Youtube/HennesPaynterComm
Amanda Berry vanished a few blocks from her Cleveland home on April 21, 2003. She was 16. From FBI
Gina DeJesus speaks in the YouTube video. Youtube/HennesPaynterComm
Georgina "Gina" DeJesus was last seen in Cleveland on April 2, 2004, on her way home from school. She was 14 when she went missing. From FBI
Michelle Knight speaks in the YouTube video. Youtube/HennesPaynterComm
Knight was last seen on August 22, 2002, when she was 21. Family photo
In a handwritten note, Knight thanked Cleveland police for their efforts, saying she was overwhelmed with the support she had received from "complete strangers." The note was posted Wednesday, July 31, on the police's Second District Community Relations Committee Facebook page. From Second District Cleveland Police/Facebook
Residents gather outside a community meeting at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Thursday, May 9, to talk about the kidnapping case in Cleveland. Balloons were released as part of the ceremony. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
FBI agents and other law enforcement officers stand outside suspect Ariel Castro's home in Cleveland on May 9. Castro, a former school bus driver, has been accused of holding three women captive for a decade in his house. He has also been charged with rape. John Gress/Reuters/Landov
Castro hangs his head low while talking with his public defender, Kathleen DeMetz, during his arraignment on May 9. Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Ada Colon prays during a vigil held in honor of the kidnapping victims in Cleveland on Wednesday, May 8. Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Relatives of kidnapping victim Georgina "Gina" DeJesus hug after she returned to her parents' home in Cleveland on May 8. Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Friends and neighbors cheer as a car carrying Amanda Berry arrives at her sister's house in Cleveland on May 8. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Gina DeJesus gives a thumbs up as she arrives at her family's house in Cleveland on May 8. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Ariel Castro was charged on May 8 with kidnapping the three women. Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office
The family house of Gina DeJesus has been decorated by well-wishers on Tuesday, May 7. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Friends and relatives gather in front of the family house of DeJesus on May 7. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Well-wishers visit the home of the sister of Amanda Berry on Monday, May 6. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Investigators remove evidence from the house on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland where the three women were held. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
An FBI forensics team meets outside the house where three women were held as they investigate the property. MIRA OBERMAN/AFP/Getty Images
An FBI forensics team member removes evidence from the house. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
A relative of DeJesus brings balloons to the home of Amanda Berry's sister in Cleveland on May 7. Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer/Landov
Children hold a sign and balloons in the yard of Gina DeJesus' family home in Cleveland on May 7. DAVID MAXWELL/EPA/LANDOV
Bystanders and media gather on May 7 along Seymour Avenue in Cleveland near the house where the three women were held captive. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
A bystander shows the front page of The Plain Dealer newspaper to a friend outside of the house on Seymour Avenue on May 7. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
Cleveland Deputy Chief of Police Ed Tomba, center, speaks at a news conference to address details of the developments. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
The house where the three women were held captive in Cleveland was the home of Ariel Castro, who was arrested and is being held pending charges in the case. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images/File
FBI agents remove evidence from the house May 7. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
A police officer stands in front of the broken front door of the house on May 7, where the kidnapped women escaped. DAVID MAXWELL/EPA/LANDOV
Neighbor Charles Ramsey talks to media as people congratulate him on helping the kidnapped women escape on Monday, May 6. He helped knock down the door after he heard screaming inside. Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer/Landov
