Frantic call leads to 3 missing women in US

Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago were found in a home in the Midwestern US city of Cleveland and likely had been tied up during years of captivity, said police, who arrested three brothers.
The women appeared to be in good health and were taken to a hospital to be evaluated and to reunite with relatives. Police said a 6-year-old also was found in the home, but the child's identity or relationship to anyone in the home wasn't revealed.
One of the women, Amanda Berry, made a frantic telephone call to emergency services and told an emergency dispatcher that she had been abducted.

"I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years," she said. "And I'm here. I'm free now."
Authorities later arrested three brothers, ages 50 to 54. A relative said one of them is the homeowner, his nephew Ariel Castro.
Police Chief Michael McGrath said he thinks Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were tied up at the house and held there since they were in their teens or early 20s.

A 6-year-old also was found in the home, and police Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said today that the girl is believed to be Berry's daughter.
The women appeared to be in good health and were taken to a hospital to be evaluated and reunited with relatives. They were released from Metro Health Medical Center this morning.

Neighbor Juan Perez told NBC's "Today" show that he rarely saw Castro or anyone else at the house.
"I thought the home was vacant. I thought he probably had another property and he would just come and check and see if everything is OK." Perez said. "I didn't even know anybody lived there."
The women's escape and rescue began with a frenzied cry for help.
A neighbour, Charles Ramsey, told WEWS-TV he heard screaming yesterday and saw Berry, whom he didn't recognise, at a door that would open only enough to fit a hand through. He said she was trying desperately to get outside and pleaded for help to reach police.

"I heard screaming," he said. "I'm eating my McDonald's. I come outside. I see this girl going nuts trying to get out of a house."
Neighbour Anna Tejeda was sitting on her porch with friends when they heard someone across the street kicking a door and yelling.
Tejeda, 50, said one of her friends went over and told Berry how to kick the screen out of the bottom of the door, which allowed her to get out.