TEMPO.CO, Ohio - Ariel Castro (53), the notorious Cleveland kidnapper/rapist was found hanged in his cell at Orient Penitentiary, Ohio, the United States.
Joellen Smith, Department of Justice Spokesman stated that there had been no indication that Castro would have committed suicide. He said that due to the gravity of his crime, Castro was put under surveillance in every 30 minutes.
Jaye Schlache, Castro's lawyer, previously stated that his client suffered from sociopaths mental disorder. He wished the researchers to learn his habit in order to make clue for stopping other existing sexual predators.
Ariel Castro was sentenced to life after declared guilty of kidnapping three women from 2002 to 2004, and raping them for the next ten years. The victims eventually managed to escape the house on May 6 this year. Castro in his statement said he is no monster but simply a porn addict.
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