prison staffers say they found castro hanging in cell last night. coroner says it looks like he used a bed sheet to hang himself. he was in protective custody they checked him every 30 minutes but he was not on suicide watch. prison staffers and state police are investigating how this happened. last month judge sentenced him to the rest of his life in prison plus 1,000 years after pleading guilty to holding three women captive for a decade raping them, starching them, forcing one to have multiple miscarriages. that survivor michelle knight spoke at castro s sentencing and described her years as a captive. i cried every night i was so alone. days never got shorter. days turned into nights night turned into days, years turned into eternity. shepard: she added that while her hell was over,
amanda berry, michelle knight and gina dejesus, he held them captive nay basement and other bedrooms for a decade. but they were all freed after one escaped this year. now, once again, aerial castro, who held three women captive for a decade in his cleveland house, that is where his house was, committed suicide this, is called house of horrors on the street. it was demolished as you can see. women had disappeared separately between 2002-2004 just 14, 16 and 20 years old. they were able to escape on may 6, when one of them, amanda berry was able to break part of the door down and yell to neighbors asking them for help. with her child, with her daughter. castro was arrested that evening. and now, we re learning that he is dead right now. he was convicted last month of
to the world, to dictators and terrorist and allies and civilians alike the unmistakable message that when the united states of america and the world say never again, we don t mean sometimes. we don t mean somewhere, never means never. breaking news from the united states. we re getting word that cleveland kidnapper ariel castro has been found dead in his jail cell and ohio. officials say he was found hanging about three hours ago. the medical staff tried to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. he was sentenced last month to life in prison for holding three women captive in cleveland. more than a decade and raping
you don t do that. breaking overnight. aerial castro the man who held three women captive in cleveland found dead in his prison cell. we have all the breaking details. making his case. president obama arrives in europe and he s set to speak this hour trying to win support here and abroad for a strike against syria. we ll bring it to you live. thrown from the car. one young woman s nightmare. she says she was arrested unjustly handcuffed, thrown in a cop car and then tossed out of that car. we have the videotape. your new day continues right now. what you need to know this is not a declaration of war, but a declaration of our valus to the world. what you just have to see. this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela
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