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    Three Cleveland Women Get Free after a Decade

    An astonishing story has developed out of Cleveland over the last 24 hours. Three women who were held captive for ten years were found and rescued after a neighbor heard one of them screaming from the door of a house. The neighbor broke down the door and allowed one of the women, Amanda Berry, to call 911.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Tess Vigeland • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    An astonishing story has developed out of Cleveland over the last 24 hours. Three women who were held captive for ten years were found and rescued after a neighbor heard one of them screaming from the door of a house. The neighbor broke down the door and allowed one of the women, Amanda Berry, to call 911. We hear more from Peter Krouse, who's covering the story for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and psychologist David Wolfe at the University of Toronto.

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      Tess Vigeland

      veteran public radio journalist

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Kerry Cavanaugh

      editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times

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      Peter Krouse

      Cleveland Plains Dealer

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      David Wolfe

      University of Toronto

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