‘I’m a sexual predator, I need help’
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –
19 Action News Reporter Scott Taylor is learning much more about Ariel Castro from his own words – a reported suicide note he wrote years ago.
In the letter, Castro claims he treated the three women well and then admits later that he’s sick.
The police found a letter inside Castro’s house of horrors and investigators believe it was written by Castro in 2004 after he had captured Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.
Castro allegedly wrote, “I am a sexual predator. I need help.”
Castro goes into detail how he lured Knight into his house after meeting her at a dollar store. He chronicles how he lured Berry into his vehicle by offering her a ride. He’s surprised how young DeJesus, then 14, really is after locking her up inside his home. He thought she was a lot older.
He writes, “They are here against their will because they made a mistake of getting in a car with a total stranger.”
Castro talks about his children and about killing himself and giving all the money he’s saved to his victims.
After he abducted DeJesus he said, “I don’t know why I kept looking for another. I already had two in my possession.”
SOURCE: 19ActionNews.com
In jail on a ‘suicide precaution’
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –
Investigators searched Ariel Castro’s three vehicles on Thursday and now, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office has been brought into the case.
19 Action News has learned the AG’s Office has been requested to test and analyze the evidence collected by the FBI and the Cleveland Police.
Investigators went through the vehicles at a Cleveland Police impound lot.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were rescued from Castro’s Seymour Avenue home on Monday. The women had been held against their will and sexually assaulted for years.
Berry went missing in 2003 a day shy of her 17th birthday. DeJesus disappeared as she walked home from school in 2004 at the age of 14. Knight went missing in 2002 at the age of 21.
SOURCE: 19ActionNews.com
Castro held in $8 million bond
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –
The man suspected of holding three women captive inside his west side home for years was in court on Thursday morning.
Ariel Castro, 52, is charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. Castro did not speak a word, and hung his head during much of the court proceeding. His bond was set at $8 million dollars. [Charging documents]
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were rescued from Castro’s Seymour Avenue home on Monday. The women had been held against their will and sexually assaulted for years.
Berry went missing in 2003 a day shy of her 17th birthday. DeJesus disappeared as she walked home from school in 2004 at the age of 14. Knight went missing in 2002 at the age of 21.
Before a crush of media and massive cheering crowds, Berry and DeJesus returned home on Wednesday. Knight was readmitted to the hospital and is listed in good condition.
Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said the women only left the house two times in 10 years. Both times they went from the house to the garage, and they were in disguise.
Castro’s brothers, Onil and Pedro, will not face any charges at this time. Authorities say Onil and Pedro were arrested only because they were with Ariel at the time of his arrest.
Onil and Pedro did also appear in court on Thursday on the unrelated charges. They were released from jail around 10:30 a.m.
SOURCE: 19ActionNews.com
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