ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST, AC360 (on camera): When I saw you in court that day at the sentencing, I was blown away. Were you determined to do that?</s>MICHELLE KNIGHT, ARIEL CASTRO'S VICTIM: Yes. It was important to me to express how I felt about what he did and how he did it and let the judge know that he needed to be punished for what he did.</s>COOPER (voice over): The man who had held her for nearly 11 years was indicted on 977 counts and sentenced to life plus 1,000 years. Just a month into that sentence, however, he was found hanged in his jail cell.</s>KNIGHT: I understand why he did it. He couldn't face what he did with his head held high. He had to face it like a coward because he was ashamed and embarrassed at what he'd done. And he didn't want what he did to us to happen to him.</s>CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: She's just incredible. Knight says that right now she's focused on starting over. She's changed her name to Lilly, which is her favorite flower and she's gone back to school. She hopes one day to open up her own restaurant. Still to come in the NEWSROOM, the woman heard on the audiotape with Donald Sterling is reportedly being investigated for allegedly blackmailing him. We'll talk about that next.
Michelle Knight Relives Incredible Rescue