FILE: Ariel Castro, who was sentenced last month to life in prison for holding three women captive for a decade, is found dead in his prison cell

Record ID: 368090

  • Title: FILE: Ariel Castro, who was sentenced last month to life in prison for holding three women captive for a decade, is found dead in his prison cell
  • Date: 4th September 2013
  • Summary: CLEVELAND, OHIO, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 1, 2013) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) ARIEL CASTRO ENTERING COURTROOM AND SITTING DOWN WITH HIS LEGAL TEAM JUDGE MICHAEL RUSSO SPEAKING IN COURTROOM (SOUNDBITE) (English) JUDGE MICHAEL RUSSO, SAYING, "Mr. Castro, is there anything you would like to say with respect to the sentencing or mitigation of penalty?" (SOUNDBITE) (English) CLEVE
  • Embargoed: 19th September 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA80XB28A9ID61V8XV66A990YSA
  • Story Text: Former school bus driver Ariel Castro, sentenced to life in prison for the abduction, rape and torture of three Cleveland women he held captive for years in his house, was found dead in his Ohio prison cell late on Tuesday (September 3), a state corrections official said.
    Castro, 53, who was under protective custody in isolation from other inmates at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, was found hanged by prison staff during their rounds at the facility, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said.
    Castro was transferred to an area hospital and pronounced dead about 90 minutes later, she said.
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