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The "house of horrors" kidnapper who imprisoned three women in his Cleveland home for up to 10 years has been found hanged in his prison cell.
Ariel Castro, 52, was found dead at the Ohio Rehabilitation and Corrections facility in Orient, Ohio, at 9.20pm local time, 10TV reports.
A spokesman from the prison said Castro, who was isolated from other prisoners at the jail for his own protection, died of an apparent suicide.
"[Castro] was housed in protective custody which means he was in a cell by himself and rounds are required every 30 minutes at staggered intervals," prison spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said in a statement.
"Upon finding inmate Castro, prison medical staff began performing life saving measures. Shortly after he was transported to OSUMC where he was pronounced dead at 10:52 pm."
Castro was sentenced on 1 August to life in prison plus 1000 years for the abductions of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight.
The three women, who disappeared between 2002 and 2004, were locked up and kept as *** slaves by the former school bus driver.
Lured into the car of a man they knew as the father of a friend or classmate at the ages of 20, 16, and 14, the women suffered violent beatings and repeated rapes.
Castro was arrested and charged with rape and other crimes after a frantic Amanda Berry escaped the home on May 6 with the help of a neighbour.
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Ariel Castro, 52, was found dead at the Ohio Rehabilitation and Corrections facility in Orient, Ohio, at 9.20pm local time, 10TV reports.
A spokesman from the prison said Castro, who was isolated from other prisoners at the jail for his own protection, died of an apparent suicide.
"[Castro] was housed in protective custody which means he was in a cell by himself and rounds are required every 30 minutes at staggered intervals," prison spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said in a statement.
"Upon finding inmate Castro, prison medical staff began performing life saving measures. Shortly after he was transported to OSUMC where he was pronounced dead at 10:52 pm."
Castro was sentenced on 1 August to life in prison plus 1000 years for the abductions of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight.
The three women, who disappeared between 2002 and 2004, were locked up and kept as *** slaves by the former school bus driver.
Lured into the car of a man they knew as the father of a friend or classmate at the ages of 20, 16, and 14, the women suffered violent beatings and repeated rapes.
Castro was arrested and charged with rape and other crimes after a frantic Amanda Berry escaped the home on May 6 with the help of a neighbour.
