That must have been one hell of an ordeal.

A steady stream of onlookers showed up all day on Cleveland’s Seymour Avenue on Tuesday just to get a look at the place where three women were held captive.

Many were there because they were in disbelief, some stopped while on a lunch break, and others were on trips through the area.

Brittany Wingfield, 21, lives several streets away from where Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight, and Gina DeJesus were found Monday night.

She can’t help but ask: “What if it was me?”

“I’d want someone to think I was still alive if that was me,” she said.

Law enforcement officers who have spent a decade or more looking for the three women missing from the same west-side neighborhood never lost hope they would be found, Cleveland’s police chaplain said.

“This is an emotional roller coaster these people are on,” said the Rev. Dean Kavouras. “They never gave up. These people believed and they checked leads as recently as two weeks ago.”

Ms. Knight, now 32 and the oldest of the three rescued women, disappeared in 2002. Ms. Berry, 27, and Ms. DeJesus, 23, vanished in 2003 and 2004 respectively.

A 6-year-old girl was found in the home and is thought to be Ms. Berry’s daughter.

Three brothers have been taken into custody, though exact charges against Ariel, Pedro, and Onil Castro were not available Tuesday night.

This is one of those stories where the goodness of human nature — the man who rescued the women is a true hero — and the cruelty and barbarity of human nature is held up and we can look at it and be glad that the good side wins out every now and then.

The Elvis impersonator accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and others has been sprung.

One day after the F.B.I. said it could find no evidence that the man, Paul Kevin Curtis, was behind the plot, a federal judge released him from jail and federal authorities shifted focus to another person of interest in the case.

Lawyers for Mr. Curtis, 45, a celebrity impersonator, said he had been framed by a longtime personal enemy, J. Everett Dutschke, a martial arts instructor from Tupelo, Miss. F.B.I. agents raided Mr. Dutschke’s house but did not immediately bring charges against him. Mr. Dutschke, reached by phone, denied involvement but did not elaborate.

At a news conference after his release, Mr. Curtis said he did not harbor any ill feelings toward prosecutors or the president and was relieved to be free. “I respect President Obama,” he said. “I love my country and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other U.S. official.”

Mr. Curtis, a party entertainer who dresses and sings as Elvis, Prince, Johnny Cash, Bon Jovi and others, had been in jail since Wednesday. He said he had never even heard of ricin. “I thought they said rice,” he said. “I said I don’t even eat rice.”

He was caught in a trap and couldn’t go on … with suspicious minds.

Thank you very much.

TPM has the backstory on J. Everett Dutschke, the new person of interest in the case.  Among other things, he’s a failed GOP candidate in Mississippi and under investigation for child molestation.

Or if they do, they’re not talking, so stop listening to rumors about an arrest in the Boston bombing.

This is from the FBI:

Contrary to widespread reporting, no arrest has been made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack. Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate. Since these stories often have unintended consequences, we ask the media, particularly at this early stage of the investigation, to exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting.

That’s bureaucratese for STFU.