Ariel Castro: Convicted Cleveland kidnapper/rapist found dead in cell

[scooter rider]

Source: WOIO

Updated: 5 minutes ago
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.

Read more: http://www.19actionnews.com/

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Wonder who gave him the rope

[Behind the Aegis]

1. Coward!

[Hayabusa]

2. +1

[TDale313]

14. My thoughts exactly. n/t

[LittleGirl]

24. +3 nt

[leftynyc]

37. Amen

Now the taxpayers in OH wont have to pay to keep this maggot alive and perhaps will give more closure to those 3 women.

[City Lights]

53. My first thought! nt

[caseymoz]

59. I'm glad he took the shortcut.

Frankly, I'm relieved. I can call him a lot of names, but I can't call someone who wants to die a coward. Usually you're a coward if you're afraid to die.

In this case, were you expecting him to stay in and "fight the good fight?" Doesn't make sense to me.

Really, I could think of few other times where suicide was so well justified.

[alp227]

3. He gets no tears from me! And grumpy cat says...

[7962]

30. Saves the taxpayers a lot of money! nt

[heaven05]

79. grumpy cat

+1000

[jsr]

4. Well, burn in hell.

[AtheistCrusader]

20. If only.

[Politicalboi]

5. Instant Karma gonna get you

Good riddance to bad rubbish. I hope they don't spend too much time or money trying to figure out how it happened. Just throw him in a dumpster and be done with it.

[jmowreader]

91. A shallow grave is more than good enough

No use traumatizing an innocent garbageman.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Wow.....surprise ending..

Curious about the suicide details, but not enough to look it up.
I hope his death brings some closure to the poor victims.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. That motherfucker!!!

Burn in hell, you piece of shit!

[Triana]

8. Good riddance. n/t

[RebelOne]

66. Ditto. That was my first thought when I heard about it. n/t

[fujiyama]

9. I almost feel like he got off too easy.

He can rot in hell. Good riddance.

[JI7]

12. i feel the same way, he locked up 3 people for years

[Comatose Sphagetti]

44. There is no hell.

[LanternWaste]

55. We all have belief systems... no need to invalidate or deny that of others simply for its own sake

So you say. I imagine many others say differently. We all have belief systems... no need to invalidate or deny that of others simply for its own sake.

[hamsterjill]

60. + 1

Thank you for saying this.

[RebelOne]

67. If there does happen to be a hell, he is there. n/t

[PD Turk]

10. Good

screw him, he's no longer wasting air...

[JI7]

11. scumbag

[nolabear]

13. I hope all the people he damaged find some peace, and just live their lives now.

[alp227]

15. Columbus Dispatch now has a report.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2013/09/04/ariel-castro-commits-suicide-in-prison.html

As does the AP: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ohio-man-who-held-3-women-captive-found-dead

[Tx4obama]

16. Additional articles on links below

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/justice/ariel-castro-cleveland-kidnapper-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/ariel-castro-dead-cleveland-kidnapper_n_3863597.html

[Miss Marmelstein]

17. As they say.......

you should always speak good of the dead.........Ariel Castro......he's dead......good!

[nolabear]

18. May his name be forgotten.

[Blasphemer]

23. I take solace in the fact that his chosen end means that he will be quickly forgotten by the media

Of course, his victims will never forget but at least he won't become a permanent media fixture with stories cropping up every few years.

[rebecca_herman]

19. What a coward

He tortured and imprisoned those poor women for so many years and couldn't even handle a couple of months in prison!

[RexDart]

21. Done.

When he plead out, I was planning on forgetting him until I saw the little blurb in the paper saying that he ha died. Then I'd go, oh yeah, that guy. Did not expect it to be so quickly though.

I'll go back to forgetting his ex-existence.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. I think it finally sunk into his huge ego that he no longer was in control.

[Journeyman]

25. Wonder how easy Staff made it for him . . .

Good that he is gone, as those three women can now rebuild their lives without any recurring news accounts of his parole hearing or anything else that would make their psychic wounds fresh again.

[Half-Century Man]

26. As pleased as I am at his dead...

...I am equally saddened by it relative painlessness. Also, he chose this, and him ever getting his choice again ever should not have happened.

[Fuddnik]

27. CRC in Orient is almost enough to make anyone commit suicide.

If he was classified to go to SuperMax, it would probably be worse.

[alp227]

28. The Plain Dealer [Cleveland] article:

Ariel Castro dead after prison officials find him hanging in his cell

[truthisfreedom]

29. So what.

Off the streets either way.

[delrem]

31. So the guards hung him.

[RebelOne]

68. If they did, good for them.

They saved the taxpayers from paying for his upkeep in prison.

[RobinA]

69. Sooooo...

you are OK with prison guards killing people. Nice.

The thought of ANY official involvment in this, including looking the other way, disgusts me.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

32. Rot in hell, motherfucker!

[davidpdx]

33. I don't think he would have survived in prison long anyway

It appears to me that he was still in the in-take processing phase of the prison. That could be for mental health reasons or security evaluation. He would have had to be in protective custody the rest of his life given his crime and how public his name was.

I'm indifferent to the news. I think in a way his death might do harm to the victims especially given how soon it is after they were found and Castro was sentenced. Hopefully it won't.

[FarPoint]

51. You are correct....

CRC is an intake area where most inmates hang out until appropriate placement has been determined.

[cosmicone]

57. inmates "hang out?"

No pun intended .. right? right????

[FarPoint]

86. OMG! hahahahaha

I didn't notice....

[Ash_F]

34. He got to make his own choice here.

That is not such a great thing.

[pansypoo53219]

35. funny, he couldn't endure what his victims did.

[Kolesar]

40. For more than a few weeks, apparently

Good point, pansypoo

[Nika]

41. He was a coward taking the coward's way out.

This is no surprise.

[meow2u3]

58. He could dish it out but couldn't take it

Just like the pathetic coward he was.

[Stardust]

36. Woo-effin-hoo!!!!

[AngryOldDem]

38. Not often I say this, but...

GOOD.

[Kolesar]

39. Prison took him off "death watch" and soon one of the staff gave him the rope

That is really not how we expect our "correctional system" to fulfill their responsibility. Not too many people in Cleveland are unhappy. I doubt if his family will take legal action against the Ohio prison.

[HereSince1628]

45. I didn't see anything about a rope, I had assumed he did it with his clothes

or bedding.

Which media mentioned the rope?

[Kolesar]

46. You are probably correct, he "improvised"

I am not going to worry a lot about him. I have real matters in my life to attend to.

[irisblue]

74. and the people in central ohio aren't unhappy either.trust that

suffer the flames Castro, I hope those women sleep deeply tonight

[underpants]

82. Okay thanks. I posted below before seeing this

I literally let out a gasp when I heard this on the radio at lunchtime.

[ileus]

42. Now to get his lying family members.

[WCLinolVir]

52. Yes, what happened to the investigation?

Can't tell me no one knew anything. 10 years??

[proverbialwisdom]

90. Fact or fiction?

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2013/05/07/the-long-history-of-ariel-castro-cleveland-kidnapper-and-monster

[In_The_Wind]

43. Kick

[The Straight Story]

47. His body, his choice (nt)

[KansDem]

48. Damn! This is terrible!

Akron grandma recovering after being stabbed and robbed

A 65-year-old woman is recovering in the hospital after a vicious attack. Family members tell 19 Action News it looks like she'll be O.K.

Her family spent the day by her side while the suspect is still on the loose.

Glad she's recovering! Hope they catch the culprit soon...

[Little Star]

49. Not soon enough, imho.

[Paladin]

50. Suits me. (nt)

[Marrah_G]

54. Good, I am glad he is dead n/t

[oldhippie]

56. Works for me. (nt)

nt

[hamsterjill]

61. I hope I'm never happy when someone dies...

I know this man was evil, and it's over, at least. Hopefully, those affected by this monster will gain closure knowing that he can never harm them again in any way.

His three victims have shown remarkable strength in their recoveries and I wish them all the best. Michelle Knight, particularly, for coming forward and facing him. Such brave young women!

That said, I believe that Castro was one of the few who KNEW he was a sicko, and perhaps this was his own way of ending any potential threat that he might harm again.

[IdaBriggs]

62. Too bad he didn't do it *before* kidnapping, raping and torturing his victims.

You are nicer than I am. I am only glad his victims escaped before the world was blessed with his leaving it.

[hamsterjill]

63. Nah, I'm not being nice. I know what you mean.

Totally understand.

And in all honesty, perhaps this is best for HIS family, too, who have also been hurt by his acts, all of the press, the trial, etc. Maybe when things die down and this case is less newsworthy, they will have peace.

[zappaman]

64. Great news!

[hughee99]

65. So the thought of spending his life as a prisoner was enough to make him kill himself?

I wonder if the irony of it struck him before he died.

[RobinA]

70. This Thread

is disgusting.

[msanthrope]

71. Why? nt

[Islandurp]

72. Oh well...

[aikoaiko]

73. "Bless his heart".

[xynthee]

75. Nice job, prison guards!!

I wanted that fucker to live a long, miserable life!

[polichick]

76. Those strong women sure lasted longer in captivity than he did.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

77. CUT COURT COSTS

As a mug at the courthouse (Where I used to work) said.
It had a pic of a burglar with mask on and holding a bag of jewelry.
With crosshairs over it.

Maybe the guys who beat Jeffrey Dahmer to death should have gotten a Good Conduct Medal or maybe a Silver Star, civilian equivalent.

[Jenoch]

78. There are a number of posts on this thread that seem to be blaming

the prison guards for this POS hanging himself. I have read a couple of the news stories and so far, nothing has come out that would indicate the guards did anything to facilitate this hanging. He used bedsheets to hang himself. The guards were supposed to check on him every 30 minutes. They found him hanging at 9:20p but he was not pronounced dead until 10:52p at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

[Bay Boy]

80. I'm just curious about

how a prison cell has something that you can hang an improvised rope from.

Does the cell have rafters? Did they install a convenient hook?

[Jenoch]

83. You ask a good quesiton.

Having not been in a jail cell, I can't answer that. Maybe there was a window with bars. Maybe he hung the bedsheet on the hinge of the door.

[Samurai_Writer]

89. It's actually relatively easy to hang yourself

We have had an incident like that at the state psych hospital, max security unit. Use bedsheets, and can tie it to anything... even a door knob... and 'hang' yourself. It's actually asphyxiation instead of true 'hanging'. However, there are ways to hang yourself from a doorway or ceiling, even in a prison cell.

When I read the news, I noticed they were doing 30 minute 'staggered' checks on him. In our max unit, we do 15 minute checks to prevent this sort of thing from happening. 30 minutes is way too long to leave a prisoner like Castro alone.

I'm not thrilled with this news. I think he was a coward that took the easy way out, and should have spent the rest of his life in prison until he was a very old man. I only hope his victims are relieved that they will not have to deal with this case anymore, and get on to living their lives.

[underpants]

81. although it did cross my mind about the guards I first thought - he wasn't on a suicide watch?

Maybe checking him every 30 minutes is a suicide watch. I was surprised to hear that he was allowed to have bed sheets.

[Jenoch]

85. He was not on suicide watch.

If he had been, he would not have had bed linens. I am guessing he was evaluated and deemed not a theat to harm himself.

[Owl]

84. Good!

[big_dog]

87. some prision guard deserves a raise

for letting Castro save us a lot of taxpayer money

[Kennah]

88. Wasn't expecting this. Won't mourn him. Too bad he got to choose.

One really had to wonder whether corrections officers imposed an impromptu death sentence on Jeffrey Dahmer, but I just don't see any wrongdoing here. It's impossible to keep someone on indefinite suicide watch.