52-year-old convicted kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro was found hanging in his cell Tuesday.
Castro was being held at the Correction Reception Center in Orient, OH in Pickaway County.
He was sentenced August 1 to life in prison, plus 1,000 years, for kidnapping and sexually assaulting Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus while holding them captive in his Seymour Avenue house for over a decade.
Ohio State Police and the Department of Corrections are investigating the death.
JoEllen Smith from the Department of Corrections released this statement:
Inmate Ariel Castro was found hanging in his cell this evening at 9:20 pm at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient. He was housed in protective custody which means he was in a cell by himself and rounds are required every 30 minutes at staggered intervals. 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. A thorough review of this incident is underway and more information can be provided as it becomes available pending the status of the investigation.
Jailhouse justice. A pedophiles life expectancy in Federal Prison is not very long.
I agree...his life span wouldn't be long, but I would have liked knowing that he would have suffered as much as the young women that he held captive...even if it had only been a couple or so years before his demise. And who knows, he may well have been forced to endure torture for those years that he survived. And we all know that he tortured his victims...so...in the end, as you said...jailhouse justice would have been served.
It's kind of shameful how the state can't keep people in their custody safe. Not that I'm mourning his death or anything, but still, the state does an absolutely terrible job of keeping inmates safe.
That's why the death penalty is so pointless. Basically, he escaped his punishment.
It's kind of shameful how the state can't keep people in their custody safe. Not that I'm mourning his death or anything, but still, the state does an absolutely terrible job of keeping inmates safe.
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