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With her. we know that these women were being held in a sadistic and horrifying situation. why wouldnt they have run? >> well, one of the things we see about amanda berry this is a young woman who had a lot of spirit, a lot of fight. you could see that she had the energy. it was the golden opportunity for her and it seemed to me like she really wanted as soon as she had that opportunity to get out and she said it, im free. im freed! im amandament but what we saw with the other two women was that...

I was going to say how creepy is it that this character has got a job where he is surrounded by children on a daily basis. its just makes your skin crawl. everything about this guy makes your skin crawl. >> youre not kidding. as far as police know right now, while he was a bus driver, they dont know if he came to know the women that way or not. theyre still investigating that part of the story. i also wanted to ask you about the 911 calls because neighbors in cleveland are really upset about how...

Northeas rescue of michele knig amanda berry, and gina dejesus. as a law enforcement person, i know everybody within the division of police and all my law enforcement partners feel the same. i was overseeing the disappearance of ms. johnson back in the low 2000s. she was a 12-year-old female that disappeared and three weeks later we found her body tragically. so to find these three girls recovered, it just makes -- it just gives us a boost. it really, really does. amanda who had been missing sin...

We have team coverage of the story from every single angle. martin is in cleveland. mark class is a child safety advocate. and jeff gar deer is a psychologist. mary otool is a former profueler for the fbi. she will join us on the phone. one of the big questions right now centers on the man arrested in connection with the case. brian cummings, a cleveland councilman who represents the ward where amanda was found, identified that man as ariel castro. police also arrested his two brothers, but the ...

Are going to attempt to talk to them. >> absolutely. amanda is the one. she came out of the house and that started it all. >> you mentioned earlier -- when was the last time you had a lead and were you working them as abductions or runaways? >> can you repeat that question? >> when was the last time you had the leads? and were you working those cases as abductions or runaways? >> we were working them as abductions and we were receiving tips and leads periodically throughout this 12-year period. ...

Were going to take two more questions and then wrap it up. >> did the girls say they do -- >> thats still a matter of the investigation. >> where were they found in the house after amanda got out? >> they actually came out of the house once the police approached and got into the residence. but amanda was the one that came out on to the street. amanda was the one that generated the 911 call. a zone car responded along with a couple detectives and they came out of the house. they didnt have to go ...

>> that child in the house, is that what youre asking about? yes, we belief that is amandas daughter. >> what about the father? >> you want to answer that? >> subject of ongoing. >> can you share with us a little bit about how the women were held in the house, whether they were locked in a room or how they were held captive? >> i cant get into that because that is -- they are going to have to tell us that. obviously, there was a long period of time where nobody saw them. so we have to wait until...

In that way because how the door is, its so much that a body cant fit through, only a hand. so we kick the bottom and she comes out with a little girl. she says call 911. my name is amanda berry. >> did you know who that was when she said that? >> when she told me, it it didnt register until i got to calling 911. im calling 911 for amanda berry, i thought this girl was dead. she got on the phone and she said, yes, this is me. and the detective cook says, do you know who you rescued? the girl ama...

And that 6-year-old girl was confirmed by police to be the daughter of amanda bearry, one of the women held captive. neighbors told our martin savage that they often saw -- i dont know if often, but they at least saw aerial castro a couple of times taking a child outside for a walk. what does that tell you about him? >> this is someone who is very self-assured. this is someone who is very air gapt because he feels fine, stress-free carrying out these crimes under the noses of his neighbors. peop...

Youve been looking at this from the investigative angle. did the police at the time of these womens disappearance go door to door. do we know? in the press conference they said they did all they could. >> right. yeah. just to reiterate, back when first you had, you know, the two young women disappear. you had amanda and then after amanda, let me just refer to the notes here. you had gina dejesus. both of those became very famous cases here in the city of cleveland. there are people here today wh...