Evil of Cleveland horror house begins to emerge

One of the three women who was held captive for 11 years suffered a gang-rape a year previous, and the baby was later taken from her, writes Kim Palmer, in Cleveland

A YEAR before her abduction in 2002, Michelle Knight was the victim of a gang-rape in junior high school which led to her becoming pregnant, her great-aunt has said.

Now she is free after 11 years and recovering in hospital. A fuller picture of her traumatic past is slowly emerging. For now she is refusing to speak to her family who want to visit her bedside.