Freed Cleveland Captive Michelle Knight Is Refusing To See Her Family

[DonViejo]

There is a growing mystery surrounding one of the three women rescued from captivity Monday. Michelle Knight, 32, spent more than a decade being held against her will, but, unlike Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, she didn’t have a tearful, joyous family reunion. In fact, Knight’s family has no idea where she is right now. On Friday, Knight left the hospital without seeing her family or telling them where she was going.

A source close to the investigation told CNN that Knight “is in a safe place and very comfortable,” but refused to get into specifics. Despite reports that Knight was staying with DeJesus’ family, she was not there Saturday morning. Knight met with her mother, Barbara Knight, briefly on Wednesday but then refused to see her again. "She went to the hospital and tried to deliver flowers to her daughter and was told that her daughter's not keeping visitors," Barbara Knight’s lawyer told ABC News. The lawyer also said the family found out that Knight had left the hospital from a reporter.

It seems Knight suffered the most abuse while in captivity. Her grandmother told a local CBS affiliate that Knight needed facial reconstructive surgery due to injuries she sustained in captivity. "When she was severely beaten, he had beat her so bad in the face, she has to have facial reconstruction, and she's lost hearing in one ear,” Deborah Knight said.

Knight’s refusal to see her family is yet another mystery about her disappearance that did not receive as much attention as those of Berry and DeJesus. Although she was reported missing, officials apparently became convinced she was a runaway, notes ABC News. Knight was removed from an FBI database of missing people 15 months after she was first reported as missing because police couldn’t confirm she was still gone.

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[JI7]

1. good for her, she needs to get away from any abuse in her life

including the family .

[LisaL]

2. I don't see any mystery here.

And if she doesn't want to see her relatives, she doesn't want to see her relatives. Give the woman some space.

[Skidmore]

3. If she did not have a good relationship with her family before her disappearance, she should

not be forced to reunite with them now. The poor woman needs time to heal and it is no one's business what her relationship is with her relatives. I hope she find relationships in her life ahead that are supporting and loving with people who value her. Otherwise, it is time for the media and us to give her the privacy and freedom to do what she needs to do to become whole.

[LeftofObama]

4. My heart just aches for this woman!

The abuse she suffered at the hands of that monster and the abuse she suffered from her family. I wish her a lifetime of love and healing.

[magical thyme]

5. It was telling to me that her family hired a lawyer

apparently to try to make the hospital let them see her.

She's an adult now. They cannot force her. However, in the statement released today (just saw it in LBN) she does plan to see friends and family when she's ready.

She's just not ready. Her family needs to allow her space. It's not all about them. It's about her.