Of people out in the streets very happy, people honking horns. it was a very joyous occasion actually. we re getting various details about one of the suspects, ariel castro who is being held along with his two brothers. we confirmed from his uncle julio that the mother is still alive and that the father died we think in 2004. ariel castro separated from his wife a few years ago. he s believed to be a musician. significantly he knew the gina s family. in fact, there was evidence earlier that his son, who also is called ariel but goes under the name of anthony had written a piece, an article about gina being missing. i guess we ll find out more from the police about that tomorrow. but in terms of the reporters in cleveland who ve covered this
a local newspaper here, written by ariel castro was certainly circulating online. piers as you know, the name and the idea of the suspect in this case having written an article about this gina s disappearance has really gotten everyone s attention. so i actually found ariel, who goes by anthony on facebook, if he can confirm that he wrote the article. i spoke with the editor of the plain press at this time and he was in 2004 and he confirmed that ariel was a college student at the time and did the article as part of a class assignment. anthony castro said yes he did write the article when he was a student at bowling green, ohio. i asked him what he thought about the girls being located. he was stunned that something like this would happen. he was my dad. i don t know that i should say anything other than this is beyond comprehension.