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Katie Beers disappeared on December 28, 1992, two days before her tenth birthday. She was lured by the promise of birthday presents to the home of a family friend, John Esposito.^[1] She left a message on her godmother's answering machine saying, "I've been kidnapped by a man with a knife."^[2] Esposito, almost immediately a suspect due to his own personal history (he had a criminal record for previously grabbing a seven-year-old in a mall in an attempted abduction as well as assaulting Katie's older brother John), falsely alleged that Beers was kidnapped by a third party while at the Spaceplex indoor amusement park, but security cameras disclosed that Esposito entered Spaceplex by himself.

Beers was held in a 6-foot-by-7-foot concrete bunker under Esposito's garage in Bay Shore, New York, concealed by a 200-pound concrete trap door. The bunker contained a commode toilet, television set, mattress and chains used to restrain Beers. Beers, along with other children, had played in the dirt displaced by the bunker as Esposito dug it a few years earlier. He told police he had built the bunker for Beers.^[1] On January 13, 1993, she was found alive in the bunker^[3]^[4]^[5] after Esposito led police to it.^[1] Although he was not charged with it, Beers later said Esposito had raped her during her captivity.^[1]

Aftermath

Esposito was sentenced on July 27, 1994 to 15 years to life,^[6] a sentence he served at Sing Sing prison in Westchester County, New York. He was found dead in his cell of apparently natural causes on September 4, 2013, just after a parole hearing.

Beers was sent to live with foster parents, due to severe neglect from her mother and abuse she had experienced before the kidnapping.^[7]^[8] She was raised by the foster family until adulthood.

Media

In January 2013, Beers published a memoir, Buried Memories (known as Help Me in the United Kingdom) about her ordeal. The book was co-written by reporter Carolyn Gusoff, who had previously covered Beers' case as it was happening.^[9] To promote the book Beers shared her abduction on the Dr. Phil talk show in January 2013.^[10]^[11]

The season 4 episode of Law & Order, "Nurture", was based on this case. ABC's 20/20 episode "Saved" covered Katie Beers story in February 2013.^[12]

See also

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References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Joe Treen|author2=Maria Eftimiades|title=My Name Is Katherine: The True Story of Little Katie Beers|date=January 16, 2013|publisher=St. Martin's Press}}
2. ^{{cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Rabinovitz|title=Police Query 2 in Search For Girl, 10|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4D6103DF932A05751C1A964958260|work=The New York Times|date=December 31, 1992|accessdate=2008-10-24}}
3. ^{{cite news|first=John T.|last=McQuiston|title=Calm, Collected Katie Beers Testifies in Sex Abuse Case|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E7D7143CF93AA15755C0A962958260|work=The New York Times|date=June 29, 1994|accessdate=2008-10-24}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Former kidnap victims recall ordeals that came afterward|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/03/13/life.after.kidnapping|work=CNN|date=March 14, 2003|accessdate=2010-11-04}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Arthur Herzog|title=17 Days: The Katie Beers Story|year=2003|publisher=iUniverse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjERwP7LGTcC&pg|isbn=0-595-27146-4}}
6. ^{{cite news|first=John|last=McQuiston|title=Man Sentenced to Prison In Kidnapping of L.I. Girl|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/27/nyregion/man-sentenced-to-prison-in-kidnapping-of-li-girl.html|work=The New York Times|date=July 27, 1994|accessdate=2014-04-13}}
7. ^{{cite news|last1=Press|first1=Associated|title=CHILD ABDUCTOR SAL INGHILLERI DIES IN JAIL|url=https://nypost.com/2009/02/21/child-abductor-sal-inghilleri-dies-in-jail/|accessdate=13 January 2017|work=New York Post|date=21 February 2009}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=Katie Beers: Kidnapping allowed me to escape abuse|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/katie-beers-kidnapping-allowed-me-to-escape-abuse/|accessdate=13 January 2017|work=CBS/AP|agency=Associated Press|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|date=15 January 2013}}
9. ^¹²³⁴⁵{{cite news|author=J. David Goodman|title=A Girl Held for 16 Days in a Dungeon, Now Looking Back as a Woman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/nyregion/a-girl-held-for-16-days-in-a-dungeon-now-looking-back-as-a-woman.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=January 15, 2013|accessdate=2013-01-16}}
10. ^{{cite web |last1=Real |first1=Evan |title=Who Is Katie Beers? Meet the Woman Who Survived a Brutal Abduction |url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/who-is-katie-beers-150233/ |website=In Touch Weekly |publisher=American Media Inc. |accessdate=3 November 2018 |date=13 June 2018}}
11. ^{{Cite episode |title=Young, Innocent and Held Captive |episode-link= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=8oryXdJn8Iw|access-date=3 November 2018 |series=Dr. Phil |series-link= Dr._Phil_(talk_show) |first= |last= |network= CBS |station= |date= 14 January 2013 |season=11 |number=82 |minutes= |time= |quote= |lay-url=https://www.drphil.com/shows/1956/ }}
12. ^{{cite web|last1=Bernstein|first1=Alyssa|title="Saved" on "20/20" Airing Friday, February 8 on ABC|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/saved-on-2020-airing-friday-february-8-at-10-pm-on-abc/|website=ABC News|publisher=ABC News Internet Ventures|accessdate=13 January 2017}}