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“She (Nancy Ruiz, mother of Gina DeJesus) learned from a friend about the work of Dennis Bair, a former Minor League Baseball pitcher who had started BairFind, an organization dedicated to bringing home missing children.  Bair had been featuring Gina’s photo and description in one...

By Matt Stone, WFMJ Reporter NILES, Ohio - One of the three women kidnapped and held captive inside a Cleveland home for almost ten years made a stop in the valley Tuesday night. Gina DeJesus was 14 when Ariel Castro kidnapped her and kept her inside a Cleveland home...

WKYC Staff AKRON, Ohio -- It was a special moment at Canal Park in Akron. On Sunday, Gina DeJesus, who was kidnapped and held captive in a Cleveland home for nearly a decade, threw the first pitch at the Akron RubberDucks game. Dennis Bair, a former minor league pitcher who...

by BairFind Executive Director Ellen Sullivan The ceremonial first pitch is a longstanding tradition in American baseball. An honored guest throws out a ball “or pitch”. The first pitch signals the end of any pregame activities that may be underway and starts the beginning of the ball game. In...

  [caption id="attachment_4877" align="alignleft" width="249"] Jacksonville’s own Ellen Sullivan, Executive Director of BairFind and Dennis Bair during a recent visit to Client Focused Media.[/caption] Posted by Al Bagocius, Jacksonville BUZZ Dennis Bair, a former minor league pitcher with the Chicago Cubs saw a need to help in the search...

by Andrew Goldstein, Jewish Chronicle Staff Writer (Published June 6, 2013) When kidnapping victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight escaped a nearly decade-long imprisonment in Ariel Castro's Cleveland home in early May, their rescuers and captors were thrust into the national spotlight. Charles Ramsey, a Clevelander,...

By Stephanie Ramirez, WEWS News Channel 5 Cleveland The rescue of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight is not only inspiring other families of missing children, it's also energizing an area activist who has been working closely with Gina DeJesus' family for many years. Throwing his...