ariel castro may have fathered a daughter with one of the women he allegedly held captive, meaning she may have a sister. he showed me a picture that was in his cell phone randomly, and he said, look at this cute little girl. it was a face shot. and i said, she s cute, who is that? you know? and he said, this is my girlfriend s child. and i said, dad, that girl looks like emily. emily s my younger sister. and he said, no, that s not my child, that s my girlfriend s child by somebody else. reporter: angie said she was always close with her father but she witnessed abuse in hair home. he was pretty jealous. he was always saying that my mom was, you know, messing with certain neighbors, things like that. and i ve seen, i ve seen him basically stomp on her like she was a man. he s beat her pretty bad several
well, and his dark past let s go live to pamela brown outside the home of freed kidnap victim gina dejesus. i think you re in front of her aunt s house, right? that s right, zoraida. there s really been just an outpouring of support for these women, and you can probably see behind me here, there are batches of balloons right outside the home here, zoraida. as these victims heal and recover from their ordeal, we are learning that castro has confessed to authorities to at least some of his actions related to his behavior toward the women over the past decade. these exclusive pictures obtained by cnn give us the first glimpse into ariel castro s backyard. though much of it is obscured by tarps you can see junk strewn all around and this eerie image of a white cross spotted by a neighbor. at his first court appearance, castro looked despondent repeatedly looking down and seemingly making eye contact with no one. we evaluate whether to seek
incident report obtained by cnn. one of the women held captive, michelle knight, said she was pregnant five times but was starved and punched until he eventually miscarried. according to the police report, amanda berry said the 6-year-old girl she gave birth to is ariel cast castro s child. when berry went into labor, castro ordered michelle knight to deliver the child. the baby was delivered in a pool or tub to contain the mess. once the child was born, there were moments of horror. the child stopped breathing and everyone screamed and ariel castro allegedly threatened to kill michelle knight if the baby didn t survive. according to the report, michelle knight said she breathed into the child s mouth to keep her alive. the revelation that the women were bound, that chains and ropes were in the home, is consistent with the accounts of fernando cologne, engaged to ariel castro s ex-wife until her
nice to see you, john. i m zoraida sambolin live in cleveland. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with horrifying details about the private hell those three women endured for ten years inside this house on seymour avenue right behind me. prosecutors say ariel castro operated a private prison and torture chamber right inside his home. he s held on $8 million bail charged with kidnapping and rape. and an aggravated murder charge could come next for the alleged killing of fetuses as well. we have a cnn exclusive this morning. the daughter closest to ariel castro speaking out about the charges against her father. listen to her describe the moment when she learned he had been arrested. it feels like everything crashed down. like, i just wanted to melt into the floor, like, i just wanted to die. i have no problem cutting him out of my life. i have no problem with that. i never want to see him again. we ll have much more of that
dejesus parents home. you can see all these balloons. underneath these balloons, one of gina s missing signs from years ago. we spoke to gina s aunt. anderson cooper spoke to sandra ruiz and said gina is in good spirits that she s still readjusting to this new reality. and we re hearing that there s been such a big outpouring of support for the from the community for these victims that now police are asking for all letters, anything to come to them, rather than these families. they re just asking to give them the privacy they need right now. you know what? i got a little confused earlier, because i spent a lot of hours at that home and one of the interesting things that you can see on your live shot is that blue tarp that they put up on the side of the house. that is so that gina can go outdoors and enjoy the fresh air. enjoy being outside without all of the glare of the cameras. it s really nice to see that that s still up for her.