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"The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World" by Sarah Weinman (Harper Collins/Anna Ty Bergman)

Sally Horner was "The Real Lolita"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Madonna, Joan Rivers (Reuters/Danny Moloshok/Molly Riley)

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Ariel Castro (AP/Tony Dejak)

Don't celebrate Castro's death

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(AP)

Thomas J. Sheeran
Amanda Berry makes a surprise appearance at the RoverFest concert in Cleveland, July 27, 2013. (AP/Brian Harrell)

How dare she have fun?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Ariel Castro appears in Cleveland Municipal court Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP/Tony Dejak)

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Ariel Castro's home on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, OH. (Associated Press)

America's bystander problem

Katie McDonough
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A welcome home sign is posted at a restaurant near a crime scene where three women were held captive for a decade in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Katie McDonough
Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson (Cleveland City Hall)

Katie McDonough
A sheriff deputy stands outside the Cleveland house where Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were allegedly held captive for almost a decade. (AP/Tony Dejak)

It could have been stopped

Irin Carmon
Ariel Castro

Katie McDonough
A photo of the author

When I was kidnapped

Rose Maura Lorre
(YouTube)

More victims in Cleveland?

Katie McDonough
Georgina Lynn Dejesus at age 14, Amanda Marie Berry at age 16 (Reuters)

Cleveland’s lost girls

Joan Walsh
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Meghan Barr, Thomas J. Sheeran
The Cleveland house where Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were allegedly kept in captivity for nearly a decade. (AP/Tony Dejak)

Cleveland's heart of darkness

Kevin P. Keating
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Associated Press, Katie McDonough

A hero goes viral

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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