Ariel Castro was reportedly behind the infamous Cleveland kidnappings took place between 2002 and 2004. He was born to Pedro Castro and Lillian Rodriguez on July 10, 1960, in Duey, Yauco, Puerto Rico.

CLEVELAND — A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of rape and kidnapping charges, and the defense hinted at avoiding a ...

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years Thursday after one of the three women he held for a decade faced him down in court. "You have not been ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The man serving a life prison term for kidnapping three women and repeatedly raping them in his home for nearly a decade has been found dead and is believed to have committed suicide, ...

CNN – Ariel Castro agreed Friday in an Ohio courtroom to a plea deal in one of the most sensational kidnapping cases in recent memory. The deal, reached with prosecutors, would let him avoid the ...

Life in prison without the possibility of parole. And let’s not forget the “plus 1,000 years” part of the sentence. Ariel Castro will spend the rest of his life in prison for his heinous crimes. So ...

Ariel Castro pleaded guilty in a Cleveland court today to kidnapping and raping three women during a decade of captivity as part of a deal that will keep him in jail for the rest of his life but spare ...

When Ariel Castro is eventually brought to trial for his crimes, one of the key pieces of evidence may be a letter he wrote confessing to his many crimes—a letter made more awful by the fact it was ...

According to a newly released sentencing memo, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight kept diaries of their torture. The women detailed crimes committed against them by Ariel Castro, who is ...