0 were being held. all the sudden about an hour and a half ago we started seeing the fbi's evidence response team go in and out of this first house. we saw a k-9 dog. the evidence response team, they were wearing those white clean suits as well. we haven't seen them bring anything out of the house. but they've been going in and out of that house for about the last hour. we are still trying to find out precisely what the relationship is between that house and the other house. we have heard from a number of folks here that ariel castro may have, may have also owned this house in addition to that third house. >> i see. >> again, that's information we're trying to track downright now. again, that's the latest from the scene. had been quiet up until about an hour and a half ago when the fbi's emergency -- or the evidence response team showed up. >> hang in there, craig. today we're also getting new details of the horrific deal endured by the women themselves held captive in cleveland. police chief michael mcgrath described part of it. let's listen to the gori details here. >> we have confirmation that they were bound and there was chains and ropes in the home. >> bound with chains and ropes, apparently, in what has been called a dunchen. sources familiar with the investigation say the vikt ups have told them of rapes, multiple pregnancies, some miscarriages. for ten years the three women did not even see any other adults. today amanda berry returned home to her sister's house. after reports amanda herself might speak her sister addressed reporters. >> we appreciate all you have done for us throughout the past ten years. please respect our privacy until we are ready to make our statements. and thank you. >> poor girl. anyway, gina dejesus also returned to her house earlier today. she was one of the three captives. you can see her there in that lime hoodie. let me go to clint van zandt for some explanations. perhaps that go beyond the actual details. clint, what did you make of these bystanders, these men in the street, women in the street saying, oh, yeah, i saw a naked i'm joined this afternoon by city of cleveland prosecutor victor perez, special agent in charge of the cleveland officer, the fbi's steve anthony, chief of police michael mcgrath, and deputy chief of police ed tomba. prosecutor perez will provide a synopsis of his review that was presented to him for consideration and his decision following the decision and the comments by prosecutor perez, deputy chief of police ed tomba will respond to those questions for which he can at this point answer. of course, as i know you have heard this before, but i'd like to share it one last time, at least for today, that this is an ongoing investigation. and there is evidence that cannot be disclosed at this time. but i know our law enforcement officials will do the best they can to provide accurate information to the extent possible. ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce city of cleveland prosecutor victor perez. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. my name is victor perez, and i am the chief assistant prosecutor for the city of cleveland. first and foremost, i believe i speak for everyone in our city that we are happy that michele, gina and amanda are safe and healthy. second, i would like to thank the citizens that came to amanda's immediate assistance when she was trying to escape that led to the eventual discovery of michele and gina. i would also like to commend the members of the cleveland division of police, the cuyahoga county sheriff's office, the federal bureau of investigations for their dedicated work in conducting the investigation in this case. regarding this case, i just signed criminal complaints charging ariel castro with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. the seven criminal complaints are first degree felonies. the defendant will be arraigned tomorrow morning in cleveland municipal court and his case will be transferred over to the cuyahoga court. cuyahoga county court of common pleas. cuyahoga county prosecutor's office will then proceed with the prosecution of these criminal cases. this case will proceed to the cuyahoga county grand jury, at which time i expect will result in indictments on these charges and may result in additional counts. as it relates to pedro and onil castro, no charges will be filed against these two individuals at this time. there is no evidence that these two individuals had any involvement in the commission of the crimes committed against michele, gina, amanda and the minor child. however, both of them do have outstanding cleveland municipal court warrants for misdemeanor cases. these misdemeanor cases for pedro and onil will both be heard tomorrow morning in cleveland municipal court. finally as the chief prosecutor for the city of cleveland, born and raised in puerto rico, i want to -- i want everyone to know that the acts of the defendant in this criminal case are not a reflection of the rest of the puerto rican community here or in puerto rico. i also want to remind everyone that this is is now a pending criminal matter. and that we will not be able to provide any more comments at this time. thank you. >> questions? tom? sure. the four kidnap victims are gina, amanda, michele and the young child. and the victims of the rape are gina, amanda and michele. >> just a reminder, please. if you could come to the microphone. it's hard to hear. >> also make sure you state your name and what media outlet you're working for. >> brian todd from cnn. could you tell us anything about a search that we're finding out about just now of a second residence on seymour avenue where apparently officials went in with protective suits, masks, dogs? this is about two doors down from the castro home. could you tell us what's going on there, please? >> that is a continuation of the search that we conducted at the home on seymour avenue. during the course f of our investigation over the last couple days information was obtained that provided us enough probable cause to seek another search warrant to go into that house with an attempt to secure evidence. >> can you tell us anything more about what's fwoing on in that house? are there suspects there or anything like that? >> no. no suspects are there and what's going on is that is the fbi's evidence recovery team. and that is their -- their crime scene unit. they do put the protective suits on. they go in there with gloves. and they search and photograph very meticulously all the contents of that home. >> what connection to the castro home? can you tem ll us? >> i can't tell you the exact connection. i can tell you during the course of our investigation information that was obtained led us to that address. >> i work for fox news channel out of new york city. a lot of our viewers want to know did these girls over the course of that 10 year period, 11 year period ever try to escape? were there drugs involved? was ariel castro drugging these girls to prevent them from escaping? what allowed them, what window of opportunity allowed them to escape this time? >> number one, we're not positive about any type of drugs, if they were drugged. that's yet to be determined. number two, the only opportunity after interviewing the young ladies to escape was the other day when amanda escaped. so they were in that home. i don't believe -- they don't believe that they've been outside of the home for the last ten years respectively. >> were they kept together in one room? >> they -- they were not in one room. but they did know each other and they did know each other was there. >> one more question. what's her relationship -- the child's relationship with the father? what will that be? >> that is amanda's daughter. and as far as the relationship, that hasn't been determined. there's going to be a paternity test taken. there was a search warrant executed on the suspect to obtain his dna. >> great. thank you. >> general pacano with channel 19. i wanted to know if mr. castro, ariel castro was cooperating with investigators, is he speaking to you, and do you suspect there are any other victims beyond these three women and the little girl? >> yes, he was. he was read his -- provided his miranda rights which he waived. and he did speak with us and provided us -- the division of police, the fbi, and the prosecutors office with a detailed statement. and as of right now, we don't see -- we don't anticipate any other victims at his -- where he's the suspect. >> can i ask one more about the reward money? do we know if anybody will be receiving any reward money, particularly mr. ramsey? >> you know, we don't. we are actually discussing that. that's going to be up to the entities that put up that reward money and what their protocol is. but mr. ramsey does deserve something. a lot of credit. and he is the true key to this case. >> thank you. >> todd veras with channel 3 in cleveland here. would it be safe to say the bulk of your case is based upon the statements of the women? how much of your case is based upon what they told you? >> it -- it -- that's the major alana samuels with the "los angeles times." is there any evidence mr. castro or any of these girls could be in any way connected with ashley summers or is there any new information that's come to light about her? >> there is no new information that's come to light about her. ashley summers is an active, open investigation. and i can assure you that her disappearance was part of our questioning of the three subjects that we brought in. but that's still an open and active investigation. >> is there any sign that mr. castro was interviewed by cleveland police or the fbi prior to this date for any reason? >> nope. yesterday was the first time. >> thank you. >> lisa wsyx out of columbus. i wanted to ask, one, about the physical restraints that he allegedly used inside this home to keep the girls there. what verbal threats he may have made. and also other pregnancies, possibly miscarriages that the other girls may have had. >> you know, all that is, you know. there is a -- a crime scene log. that is part of the open investigation. ky i can tell you there was over 200 items taken out of that home. >> any question as to the citizenship of the castro brothers? are they u.s. citizens? >> i don't know. i couldn't tell you. >> thanks. >> we had a lot of questions earlier regarding extra 911 calls that may have come up and not been responded to. >> i'll try and answer that question the best i can. immediately after the recovery of the three victims and their daughter from the home on seymour avenue we began a search of our records to determine whether or not there were any other calls for service to that house on seymour. our review indicated there were no other calms except one call for service in 2000. we were able to identify that cleveland police were at the home once in 2004 for an incidein incident that involved mr. castro's employment as a bus driver in the city of cleveland. as far as the evidence obtained thus far, the statements from the suspect and the victims, there is no evidence to indicate that any of them were ever outside in the yard in chains, without clothing, or any other manner. in fact, i think the evidence we've obtained thus far in the case, that in the next decade they've only known themselves to be outside the home on two separate occasions. that was only briefly. >> josh haskell with abc news, deputy chief, can you tell us about onil and pedro's relationship with their brother ariel? did they know there were three women living in the house against their will? you think they had any idea what was going on inside that house? >> as far as their relationship, i couldn't tell you. we focused on their knowledge or lack of knowledge. but absolutely not. there is nothing that leads us to believe that they were involved or they had any knowledge of this. that comes from statements of our victims and their statements and the brothers' statements. so faras far as what their relationship was, ariel kept everybody at a distance. joe, they are from puerto rico. so -- to answer that question about their citizenship. >> jennifer lundgren, channel 3 neez. can you clarify why pedro and onil castro were taken into custody in relation to this case? >> they were with their brother. and it was an investigative stop. as you know early on you can only imagine the -- the chaos and the relief that we had finding these three girls. so we had enough probable cause to bring them into custody. they were brought into custody as many suspects are. we continued our investigation. we found no facts to link them to the crime. and we do what we usually do. we consult with the prosecutor for charges or for them to be released. so that's the reason. >> can you tell us when their arraignment will be for their outstanding warrants and when they'll be able to go home? >> they should be in court tomorrow. it's up to the judge if he credits them with time served. it's up to the judge. but they'll be in court tomorrow morning. >> thank you. >> bill sheel with channel 8. i don't know if this is for you or maybe the head of the fbi. i don't know if it's a joint task force or not. but we had a story yesterday where a gentleman who was, i believe, initially a suspect in gina dejesus's disappearance and a private investigator indicated to us that this gentleman said he had pointed authorities in the direction of ariel castro back in, like, 2004. again, i don't know who the appropriate person to respond is. but is that true? and what was done with that if it is true? >> you want to address it, steve? >> just very quickly. we obviously have heard that same statement. and with due diligence we have scrubbed our entire investigative file and have no reason to believe that he made the comments that he's purporting to the media. >> so just so i have it right, there was a conversation with him, but you have no reason to believe that he made the statements to you that he made to us. is that correct? >> as part of this long term joint task force investigation, he was interviewed at some point. and that's -- and that must be what he's referring to when he said that he told us that. again, we have no information to believe based upon our investigative file that that's, indeed, correct. >> thank you very much. >> pamela brown with cnn. it was mentioned earlier that the only opportunity to escape for the victims was on monday when amanda escaped. can you let us know what the circumstances were that gave her the opening on monday? >> well, she explained some things in her statement that are -- are privileged that i can't -- i can't disclose. but for whatever reason, like i said the other day, something must have clicked and she saw an opportunity. and she took that opportunity. i said it the other day and i'll say it today. that, you know, she is the true hero. she's the one that -- that started this. but as far as what the circumstances were inside that home and the control that he may have had over those girls, we don't know that yet. i think that's going to be -- take us a long time to figure that out. >> but this was the first time they attempted to escape? that's correct? >> yes. yep. >> okay. quickly, can you let us know how the alleged abductions happened years ago? can you provide any details? >> no. no, i can't at this time. i'm sorry. >> thanks. >> that's part -- that was part of our investigation. >> hi. donna from "usa today." can you give us a general description of the conditions under which these women were living? and i'll save my second question. >> okay. if you want a general description, it was -- the house was in disarray. without going into any -- you know, with any specifics, i did not go into the home. that was an active crime scene. i did not enter the home. so that is, you know, we have a protocol about who enters that home. but just from what the guys were saying, that it was in quite a bit of disarray. >> can you tell me what you mean by disarray? >> well, i guess everybody's definition of that would be different. you know, so that's -- that's just an integral part of our criminal investigation that i really don't want to go any further into exactly what they found or what was in that home. >> okay. then looking back over the years as you investigated the women's disappearance, are there any areas that you see that you think to yourself, gosh, that was a missed opportunity. for example, some of these domestic violence incidents where his partner or wife or whatever she was asked for protection. >> you know, i have, you know, been a part of this for quite a long time. and, no, the investigators and, you know, the agents and everybody that worked on it, we've asked ourselves that question numerous times over the last ten years. are we missing anything? is there something? is there a sign? is there an assignment? is there something that we missed? i'm just very, very confident in the ability of those investigators and those law enforcement officers that they -- they checked every single lead. if there was one bit of evidence, one shred of a tip, no matter how minute it was, they followed it up very, very aggressively. so i'd have to say, no. in hindsight we may find out that maybe we did. that's going to be in hindsight and after this criminal case is completed. >> thank you. >> sir, can you tell us about the young child who was rescued along with amanda berry? was she born in that house? is she ariel castro's biological child? and were there other pregnancies among those women. >> okay, the answer to that is, no, i definitely can't tell you about her. she's, you know, a minor and i can't discuss her -- her status at all. because it's a criminal investigation and out of the respect for the three young girls that were in that house. i think that information will come out eventually. but it's not going to come out here today. >> were any of the other three impregnated? >> that's not going to come out here today. that's part of our investigation. we're not going to discuss that. >> layla tossy with the plain dealer. you mentioned that the women left the house twice in ten years. what were the circumstances of those -- those instances? and also did the women know castro through his daughters before their abduction? >> i'll answer the second one. there's nothing that leads us to believe that they knew -- that there was knowledge between the two or a friendship or that they knew each other. that was -- as far as them leaving the house twice, when you get a chance to see where the house is situated and the garage is situated, we were told they left the house and went into the garage in disguise. so those are the two times that were mentioned. or that they can recall. >> so they never left the property? >> no. >> okay. there's no -- there's no connection between castro and the girls preabduction is what you're saying? there's no evidence that that's true? >> no. we don't see that right now. you know, if that comes out later. but, no, not at all. >> thank you. >> uh-huh. >> this concludes the media briefing. we'd like to thank everyone for coming out and everyone have a nice day. >> so ariel castro has been charged here with four counts of kidnapping, three counts of rape. of course, also the kidnapping involves the three women and what could be the daughter of one of those. it's not clear yet. they're doing a dna test. so this is where it is. the interesting development today, of course, was of the three brothers that were picked up the other day and arrested, formally arrested, only one is being charged. he's the owner of that location, that house where those three women were being held all these ten years. there's so many open questions. one of the developments today was they found the house in disarray. he denies any evidence in the police record books there was ever any complain