Michele was so stupid in beginning
To get in a strange guys truck, fall for the Puppy story then go into his house. it was too easy for Castro to catch her. I was yelling at the screen Girl Don't be so stupid!
shareWell remember Michelle was friends with Castro's daughter Emily. Michelle had seen Castro around so he wasn't a total stranger, and who would think your friends father could do something like this?
shareI thought it was Gina who was friends with his other daughter Lianne or something.
shareIt was Gina. Michelle was 21 when it happened and Gina was only like 15, same age as his daughter.
shareOhh on beyond the headlines Michelle said Emily was her friend. Confusing.
shareReally that's strange. As far as I know Gina was her friend.
shareSo was Michele. It was Castro's daughter she was sitting on the porch with in the very beginning of the move--when he drove up in his red truck to pick her up.
shareAll 3 girls knew or were friends with one of Castro's daughters. Michelle explained in her book that she knew his daughter Emily because she was a friend of Michelle's younger cousin and they all hung out sometimes, Amanda had been friends with his other daughter Angie in middle school, and Gina was bestfriends with his daughter Arlene. Such a creep he used his own kids to lure their friends into his house.
She was lost and desperate to make it to her appointment on time so she could get her son back. And while she didn't know Castro personally he wasn't a total stranger to her, he was a friend's father.
To be honest after reading both Michelle's and Amanda & Gina's books, how Amanda got abducted had me yelling "What the heck were you thinking ?!" The most. She wasn't that far away from home when Castro fist picked her up. She had been friends with his daughter Angie in middle school but had not spoken to her in years. She didn't even really register that he was Angie's father until AFTER she got in the car. He then made up some phony story about Angie being at his house and told Amanda she should come over and see her. Who agrees to go to some guy's house they don't even know to see an old school friend that they haven't spoken to in years? Also Amanda was the only one of the 3 that had a cell phone with her but after he pulled up to the house he said something like "that's a nice cell phone you have there can I see it?" She hands the phone to him and the he gets out of the car and goes into the house WITHOUT GIVING IT BACK TO HER. I mean at this point I know bells would be going off in my head telling me something isn't right here, but she goes into the house and lets him lead her upstairs on a 'tour'. I'm not putting all the blame on the victim, Castro was the predator and the criminal but it just bothers me when people don't use common sense.
Michelle knew Emily but didn't really know her father, that's how he was able to get Michelle to the house. I think the other two he kidnapped, but they too, were friend's/acquaintances of his daughters (either Emily or the other one).
And yes, Michelle was 21 and Emily was still in high school, so I'm not sure how she knew her. Probably just from around town, but then again, they said Michelle lived on the outskirts of town, whereas the others lived in town near Castro.
Correct me if I'm wrong.