Ariel Castro Faces Life Sentence Plus 1,000 Years for Rape, Murder. In other news Thursday, Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Cleveland man serving a life sentence for holding three women captive in his home for a decade hanged himself in his prison cell, officials said Wednesday in another startling ...

Ariel Castro has been charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape related to the case of the three women rescued Monday in Cleveland. Ariel Castro's brothers, Pedro and Onil Castro ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The man serving a life prison term for kidnapping three women and repeatedly raping them in his home for nearly a decade has been found dead and is believed to have committed ...

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Ariel Castro, 53, was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, located south of Columbus in central Ohio, JoEllen Smith, Department of ...

Connie Schultz is a columnist for Creators Syndicate. Her e-mail address is con.schultz@yahoo.com. Ten hours after Ohio prison staff found Ariel Castro dead in his cell, Pam Zander Turos was standing ...

The brothers were initially taken into custody but released after investigators said there was no evidence against them. Brother Ariel Castro has been charged with rape and kidnapping and is being ...

Ariel Castro, who pleaded guilty of holding three women hostage for a decade in his boarded-up Cleveland home, said at a sentencing hearing that he intends to apologize for his actions.

Crews demolish Ariel Castro's Cleveland home Crews are expected to begin the demolition of Ariel Castro's Cleveland, Ohio home Wednesday at 8 a.m. Castro was sentenced to life in prison in July after ...

CLEVELAND – A man suspected of keeping three women captive inside his decrepit house for a decade was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and rape, accused of holding them under conditions so oppressive ...

CLEVELAND – Three women held captive in a run-down home for a decade kept diaries documenting the physical and sexual abuse they suffered on a daily basis, prosecutors said Wednesday. The women’s ...