Cleveland Monster Case:
Suspect's daughter said in 2004 she was the last to see Gina DeJesus (video)
By Rachel Dissell, The Plain DealerThe Plain Dealer
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on May 07, 2013 at 11:43 AM, updated May 07, 2013 at 3:00 PM
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Gina DeJesus, at age 14, disappeared in 2004 as she walked home from Wilbur Wright Middle School in Cleveland.Special to The PD
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The daughter of kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro told America's Most Wanted in 2004 that she was the last person to see Gina DeJesus alive.
Arlene Castro was a friend and classmate of Gina DeJesus at Wilbur Wright Middle School in Cleveland. She told the show -- which profiles missing-persons cases to draw attention to them -- that she was walking with DeJesus and borrowed 50 cents from the then-14-year-old to call her mother to ask if the two could hang out at Gina's.
When her mother said no, Castro said they parted ways.
According to past media reports, police dogs tracked DeJesus' scent to the payphone Castro said she used.
This is an interview with Arlene Castro on "America's Most Wanted" in 2004.
Here's a transcript from the show:
This is Tom Morris with one of our most mysterious missing child cases:
It started at this Cleveland middle school one year ago today. 14 year old Gina DeJesus left school and started walking done this busy Cleveland street.
She never made it home.
Gina vanished in broad daylight.
Nancy Ruiz: When I came home and I got on the phone from 4 o'clock i started calling friends and they said they did not see her.
Morris: I talked to the last person who did see Gina that day; her best friend and classmate, Arlene Castro. The two girls were walking home together hoping to spend the rest of the afternoon at Gina's house.
Castro: I decided to call my mom and ask her and so she gave me .50 to call my mom and so my mom said no that I can't go over her house. and so I told her I couldn't and she said well okay I'll talk to you later and she just walked.
Morris: Normally Gina would have taken the bus but after she gave Arlene .50 for the pay phone she didn't have enough money for left bus fare. So she headed home on foot.
Police canines tracked Gina's scent from the pay phone on the corner to right down the street half way up the block to this no street sign right here. This is where the trail went cold.
The disappearance of Gina DeJesus on busy Lorain Avenue has sent a familiar chill through this Cleveland community.
The cops working to bring her home are the same cops working to solve the disappearance of another teenaged girl. almost exactly a year earlier just a few blocks away.
Amanda Berry vanished on April 21, 2003 as she walked home from her job at this fast food restaurant.
And when she disappeared which direction was she walking?
She was last observed to be walking northbound on west 110th which is the street right here.
Two attractive teenaged girls, they disappear in similar circumstances along the same busy avenue.
What does it mean?
A lot of the local people around here are you know are talking about it as well and how they are getting a little bit scared for their children as well.
Whether or not these cases are connected police and the families of these two girls need your help.
Gina DeJesus was last seen wearing a tan shirt light blue jacket and black pants.
Amanda Berry has slick sandy blond hair and multiple piercings in each ear.
If you have any information about either of these missing children Please give our hotline a call right now at 1-800-crime tv.
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