• News
  • Life
  • TV & Film
  • Beauty
  • Style
  • Home
  • News
    • Celebrity
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
    • Royal Family
  • Life
    • Animals
    • Food & Drink
    • Women's Health
    • Mental Health
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Travel
    • Real Life
  • TV & Film
    • True Crime
    • Documentaries
    • Netflix
    • BBC
    • ITV
    • Tyla Recommends
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Make-up
    • Skincare
  • Style
    • Home
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
Submit Your Content
Cleveland Abduction Survivor Michelle Knight's Heartbreaking Message To Long Lost Son

Home> TV & Film

Published 16:04 21 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Cleveland Abduction Survivor Michelle Knight's Heartbreaking Message To Long Lost Son

Michelle was abducted by Ariel Castro back in 2002.

Ali Condon

Ali Condon

Featured Image Credit: Twitter/@lilyroselee1/Alamy

Topics: TV And Film, Netflix

Ali Condon
Ali Condon

Ali is a journalist for LADbible Group, writing on all things film, music, and entertainment across Tyla, LADbible and UNILAD. You can contact Ali at [email protected].

X

@alicondon

Advert

Advert

Advert

Cleveland abduction survivor Michelle Knight shared a heartbreaking open message to her long lost son Joey to mark his 22nd birthday.

The first to be abducted by Ariel Castro back in 2002, Michelle had been on her way to a custody hearing for her son, who had been the custody of the state, on the day she was kidnapped.

As depicted in the Lifetime film Cleveland Abduction, Michelle reportedly attempted to reunite with Joey after finally escaping from Castro's home in 2013, but has not yet been able to meet him. You can watch the trailer for the film adaption here:

It is understood that, after recovering from her abduction, Michelle made attempts to reunite with her son, who was only two years old when she first went missing.

In an interview with Good Morning Britain back in 2020, Michelle said: "If it wasn’t for my son being out there and hoping to come home to him I don’t know what I would have done.”

Advert

However, Joey had since been adopted by a foster family who, according to Michelle, are not willing to share the details of his birth mother with him or let him meet her.

Just last year, Michelle, who now goes by Lily Rose Lee, shared a post to Twitter to wish her son a happy 22nd birthday, wherever he may be.

Michelle was one of three women kidnapped by Ariel Castro. (
Alamy)

Posting a picture of a cartoon birthday cake which read: 'Happy Birthday Joey', she tweeted: "Can’t believe he’s turning 22! Wherever you are, I hope that all of your dreams are coming true".

Rather than allow Joey to meet his birth mother, Joey's new family have sent Michelle photos of her son and provided her with updates on his well-being.

Advert

Still, she holds out hope that one day her son will reach out to her as an adult and they will eventually be reunited.

Speaking to Today back in 2018, she explained: "I said, you know what? I’m going to let him be and when he’s ready to come see me, I’ll be willing and waiting with open arms."

People are reflecting on the harrowing abductions of Michelle, Amanda Berry, and Georgina 'Gina' DeJesus, since the 2015 film adaption Cleveland Abduction landed on Netflix US.

The drama focuses Michelle Knight's story. (
Netflix)

Advert

All three women were eventually found and freed in 2013, which also saw Castro then sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes. He also received 1,000 years in prison, without the chance of parole. However, he ended his life in his prison cell just one month into his sentence. 

Choose your content:

2 days ago
3 days ago
10 days ago
  • 2 days ago

    Dakota Johnson drops mic while storming off stage in ‘Pt 2’ to savage time she called Ellen DeGeneres out live on air

    Dakota Johnson has had another iconic reaction

    Entertainment
  • 3 days ago

    Jaws child star still makes eye-watering amount of money from film despite hardly being in it

    Jeffrey Voorhees may have had only a brief moment in Jaws, but that short scene turned into a surprisingly lucrative legacy

    Entertainment
  • 3 days ago

    1000-lb Sisters star Tammy Slaton addresses her ‘voice changing’ amid drastic weight loss

    The reality star has been praised for her hard work and dramatic transformation

    Entertainment
  • 10 days ago

    There's a hidden code found in nearly all Pixar movies you probably didn't know about

    Keep your eyes peeled next time you watch Monsters Inc

    Entertainment
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar issues heartbreaking tribute to Michelle Trachtenberg after she died aged 39
  • Nobody Wants This creator speaks out following backlash over controversial stereotype in ‘heartbreaking’ new series
  • Netflix fans have message for anyone who has only watched one episode of twisted new thriller
  • Heartbreaking final scene of Adolescence explained in full after it left viewers divided