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The discovery this week of three Ohio women who were kidnapped and held hostage for years is considered by most to be nothing short of a miracle, but experts in the field say such stories are no longer unusual.

Finding the missing: Creating optimism for others, or false hope?

Neighbor Charles Ramsey speaks to media Monday near the home where three missing women were rescued in Cleveland. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw)The discovery this week of three Ohio women who were kidnapped and held hostage for years is considered by most to be nothing short of a miracle, but experts in the field say such stories are no longer unusual."To us at the National Center, this is not something that we find shocking anymore," National Center for Missing ...