Cleveland Kidnapper And Rapist, Castro Commits Suicide

The man who kidnapped three ladies Michelle Knight, 32, Amanda Berry, 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23, from the Cleveland streets between 2002-04 and locked them in his home for years in Cleveland, Ohio, Ariel Castro, kills himself after being found hanging in his cell.

Prison officials said he died in hospital late on Tuesday, after prison medical staff failed to revive him.

Castro, 53, abducted three women for about a decade until May this year. He kept his victims chained up and raped them.
He was sentenced on 1 August to life imprisonment without parole plus 1,000 years. The house was demolished, reports the BBC.

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