PERSON: Gina de Jesus

Georgina "Gina" Lynn DeJesus went missing at age 14. She was last seen at a pay phone at about 3 p.m. on April 2, 2004, on the way home from her middle school at West 105th Street and Lorain Avenue. DeJesus and her friend, Ariel Castro's daughter Arlene, had called Castro's ex-wife, Grimilda Figueroa, for permission to have a sleepover at DeJesus's house, but Figueroa had said they could not, and the two girls parted ways. It is alleged that Castro offered DeJesus a ride to his home to see his daughter but instead took her captive.

Because no one witnessed DeJesus's abduction, an AMBER Alert was not issued, which angered her father. He said in 2006, "The Amber Alert should work for any missing child. ... Whether it's an abduction or a runaway, a child needs to be found. We need to change this law."

A year after DeJesus's disappearance, the FBI released a composite sketch and description of a male suspect, described as "Latino, 25 to 35 years of age, 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in), 74 to 83 kilograms (160 to 180 lb), with green eyes, a goatee and possibly a pencil-thin beard." According to court records, Castro is 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) and weighs 81 kilograms (180 lb); he has brown eyes and a goatee. DeJesus was featured on a 2004 "America's Most Wanted" segment, which re-aired in 2005 and 2006, and which linked her to Berry. The disappearances received regular media attention over the years, as recently as 2012, while family and others held vigils and searched for DeJesus and Berry. Castro was identified by Gina's family in video footage of two of these vigils, and he reportedly participated in a search party and tried to get close to the family. Police kept an active investigation open, offering a $25,000 reward for information.

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