CLEVELAND — The twin brother of kidnap victim Michelle Knight yesterday recalled his shock at seeing her alive for the first time in more than a decade.
“When I saw her, she was white as a ghost,” Freddie Knight, 32, told The Post. “But she told me, ‘Come over here and give me a hug. It’s been ages!’ ”
“She was happy to see me. It was emotional. She even recognized me — even though it had been 11 years.”
Freddie, who is estranged from their mom, Barbara, was the first family member to see Michelle after her escape.
Michelle — who was raped as a teen, became pregnant and lost the baby to social services just before she vanished in 2002— has told cops she was brutalized by her alleged abductor, Ariel Castro, who she says punched her in the stomach to cause miscarriages when she became pregnant.
As The Post first reported Wednesday, Michelle was raped in 2002 before she was kidnapped. She was impregnated in the attack and had a child, which she then lost to state custody.
“We didn’t talk about that bad stuff. She’s been through a lot, so she’s not ready to talk about that,” Freddie added.
“I’m glad he’s in jail,” he said of Castro.
“I wish he was dead. He should have a death sentence; all those miscarriages. It’s crazy.”