Ohio kidnapping survivors to write a book

Two of the three women held for a decade in a Cleveland, Ohio, house will recount their horrific story in a book by two award-winning journalists.

Two of the three women held captive for a decade in a Cleveland, Ohio, house are collaborating with a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Washington Post reporters for a book about their ordeal.

In a statement issued on Monday, a lawyer for Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus says they will work with the Post's Mary Jordan, a Cleveland native, and her husband and fellow reporter, Kevin Sullivan. No meetings with publishers have been scheduled.

Negotiations will be handled by Washington-based lawyer Robert Barnett, whose clients include President Barack Obama and Amanda Knox.

Berry, DeJesus and Michelle Knight were kidnapped between 2002 and 2004 by Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver.

Castro, sentenced to life in prison, hanged himself in his prison cell in September.


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