Short Story: Behind The Screen Doors

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Jocelyn was when the doors were unlocked. One day Jocelyn went downstairs looking for Castro but she noticed he wasn’t there she went to her mother and told her that his car wasn’t there then Amanda told her to go look in the backyard, garage and look around the house in other places because he’s there. But when she returned to her mother she told her she couldn’t find him Amanda was skittish to leave her room but she did. Then she went downstairs to the front door and tried to open the screen door but realized there was a lock on it she pulled at door but it wouldn’t open. But she was able to stick her arm through a small opening she frantically waved her arm and yelled for help. The neighbors noticed her and came to kick the bottom of the screen door in. Once they did that Jocelyn was able to squeeze through the bottom of the door and then Amanda berry squeezed through the bottom of the door. When they got out she told one of the neighbors to call the police, when the police arrived they kicked the screen door in and rescued the other two women. Once all the women were out they all got into …show more content…

Phillip Garrido and Ariel Castro knew both their parents Ariel’s father died but both of Garrido’s parents are alive. Neither of them were abused physically as children and grew up in a functional environment. Both of them enjoyed the guitar but Garrido played the bass guitar. Both of them played in a band but Garrido was officially a member of a band and Ariel wasn’t. Garrido smoked marijuana in high school Ariel didn’t use any drugs. Ariel Castro and Phillip Garrido were very controlling over their wives. Both of them physically abused their wives, the extent Garrido’s physical abuse isn’t clear but Ariel Castro caused his wife to suffer many injuries. Both men were divorced by their first wives Castro didn’t remarry but Garrido. Ariel Castro and Phillip Garrido have different upbringings and different past

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