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Castro hanged himself inside his cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, OH around 9pm last night. Authorities actively monitor each cell every 30 minutes and found the 52-year-old Castro hanging during one of the rounds. Prison medical staff tried to revive him but were unsuccessful. Castro was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center where he was officially pronounced dead at 10:52pm.
The media got word of Castro’s death and broadcast the story almost immediately. Unfortunately, Castro’s family had not yet been notified and family members learned of his suicide via Breaking News on their local television station. An official call to the family from the prison warden didn’t come until nearly 1am, which has angered the surviving family members.
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Castro was recently sentenced to life plus 1000 years in prison for kidnapping, raping and holding captive Michelle Knight (abducted in 2002), Amanda Berry (abducted in 2003) and Georgina DeJesus (abducted in 2004). He avoided the death penalty by agreeing with prosecutors to plead guilty — a deal he willingly accepted. In the end that deal proved to be unnecessary, with Ariel Castro eventually deciding that death was in fact a much better option than eternity behind bars.
I hate to say good riddance but.. good riddance.