The Lost Girls by John Glatt

a relationship with a [indecipherable] woman I cared [indecipherable]. I met a woman at Family Dollar on Clark. The woman needed a ride somewhere. I [indecipherable] brought her to my home. Michelle has been there ever since, about two years. I got another opportunity to get another woman [indecipherable] in my van. This girl is Amanda [indecipherable]. On West 110 walking home a (short distance). I asked her if she needed a ride home and she said yes. I [indecipherable] brought her to my house. She has been there for about a year, smoking her pot cigarettes that I provide [indecipherable] These two women accepted [money] for sex. I treat them well and make sure they eat good.

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    I don’t understand why I keep looking for women out in the street, as I already had two in my possession. One day I was driving down Lorrain Ave and near 105 a woman was walking. I asked her if she needed a ride. She agreed. I calmly drove her to my house. This girl is Georgina. I asked her to come inside, she said Yes. These women are here against their will because they made a mistake by getting in a car with a total stranger. I had no idea Gina was so young, she looks a lot older. Also not knowing she is the daughter of Felix, a school classmate of mine. The bottom line is, I am a sexual predator who needs help, but I don’t bother to get it. I live a private life. I function around others like a normal person. I’ve been having problems with my head for a long time. I feel depressed, dizzy and short term memory loss. I really [indecipherable] know what’s wrong with me. To the parents of these three women, I would like to say I’m very sorry . I am sick. Five years ago I was diagnosed with a cyst in my brain. I don’t [know if] this is what made me behave the way I do, not have any feelings for the bad things I have done. I can [indecipherable] the public, these three women are the only ones I have [done] harm to, holding them against their will. [indecipherable] When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel like I’m really hear [sic]. For some reason I feel????trate. This is a big problem in my every day life. I want to put an end to my life and let the devil deal with me.

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    I feel so bad about the age of Gina. I will admit I did molest her but did not rape her. I actually feel the closeness to her and her parents. I do not have the urge to touch her. I feel its [sic] wrong.
    Anyway, my intentions are to let these women go, when I feel I have arranged everything, so my family knows what to do after I take my life. I have a Dollar Bank Account with about $10,875.21 (Ten Thousand Dollars. And I have cash—about Eleven Thousand in cash, 11,000, under the washer machine. That’s it. Do not look for any more money, Their [sic] isn’t anymore. (My family will need to know this.) I would like the money to go to the 3 victims. For they deserve every red cent of it. Again, I apologize (sorry) to every one this whole ordeal has affected.
    To my children. Please be strong and make the right decisions. Just because you may think you know someone, do not get into their vehical [sic]. This was the case of Amanda and Gina.
    Nilda, please do your best to insure my babies are safe. If possible move away, (far away).
    As I write this letter on 4-4-04, 2:05 PM, my simptons [sic] are clearly bothering me (Dizzyness and not really feeling like I’m hear [sic]. Also Depression. I know I am sick (Mentally).
    After finishing his confession, Castro folded it up and placed it in a drawer in his kitchen, where it would stay for the next nine years.

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THE SEARCH
    On Monday, April 5, more than fifty people marched to Cleveland City Hall in support of the DeJesus family. Then, at a city council meeting, the subject of Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry’s disappearances was raised.
    “You should be concerned,” declared Councilman Matt Zone, who represented the district where both girls went missing. “We’ve had three abductions in recent