she had tears coming down her face. she pulled down her cellphone and rolled video as police went into ariel castro s house looking for another victims. then her phone ran out of power. we seen gina coming down the steps like real, ream hard like she was cold. they took her to the ambulance. they watched the girls taken away by ambulance. [ music playing ] reporter: on mother s day, special prayers and thanksgiving at holy family catholic church for the women s freedom. amanda berry, michelle knight, regina dejesus. reporter: a crisis management team stepped in to represent the women at no charge, pleading for privacy, but passing along the victims thanks. from amanda. i am so happy to be home with my family. from gina.
shaking real, real, real hard like she was cold. and they took them to the ambulance. they watched gina dejesus, michelle knight, amanda berry, and her daughter taken away by ambulance. on mother s day, special prayers of thanksgiving at holy family catholic church for the women s freedom. amanda berry, michelle knight, regina dejesus. the crisis management people represented in the women at no charge pleading for privacy and passing along the victims thanks. from amanda. i am so happy to be home with my family. from gina. i want to thank everyone for all your prayers. from michelle. i am healthy, happy, and safe. and will reach out to family, friends and supporters in good time. castro s home now finally boarded up. sealed as evidence.
0 the defense may call its own witnesses and offer the jury reason to spare jodi s life. stay tuned to cnn for the latest developments. i m randi kaye, thanks for watching. the monster is a goner. a cnn exclusive. ariel castro s brothers speak out for the very first time. what it was like to be implicated in the rape and kidnappings of three women. and behind the scenes of their time behind bars with their brother, as well. multiple gunmen open fire at a mother s day parade. this morning the manhunt is under way. shocking new developments in the case of the 8-year-old girl found stabbed to death in her california home. why police have arrested her 12-year-old brother. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. a big, big morning here. i m john berman. and i m zoraida sambolin. it is monday, may 13th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. dramatic new video of the moment cleveland police rushed into ariel castro s home ending a decade of torture and abuse for three women in c
i did. i come back and forth, and i knew and followed this story, the whole community was wrapped up. that police officer, he had gone out on searches for these women and here he was talking to the man who had them. it was personally felt, and deeply felt and it went on for years. it is extraordinary the connections between the kcastro family and the dejesus family that ariel excuse me, regina dejesus was best friends or close friends with ariel castro s daughter. this is going to bring up what everybody is talking about, the missed opportunities and were there missed opportunities. they talk about the law enforcement, and did they miss the connections there? and did the families miss connections and did the neighborhood not see things quite how they were. and ariel was on america s most wanted talking about the disappearance of her friend.
and here he was talking to the man who had them. i mean, it was personally felt, it was deeply felt, it went on for years. it is extraordinary the connections between the castro family and the dejesus family that ariel excuse me, regina dejesus was best friends or close friends with ariel castro s daughter. and this brings up what everyone talks about, the missed opportunities, were there missed opportunities. they talk about law enforcement, did law enforcement miss connections there? and did the families miss connections and did the neighborhood not see things quite how they were. and ariel was on america s most wanted talking about the disappearance of her friend. she said she was the last one to actually see her before she disappeared. and the uncle was out there canvassing the streets trying to find the girls when the nephew had them.