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| Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found hanged in cell | |
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| Ariel Castro, who kept women captive at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, has died after being found hanging in his cell. | |
| Prison officials said he died in hospital late on Tuesday, after prison medical staff failed to revive him. | |
| Castro, 53, held three women against their will for about a decade until May this year. He kept his victims chained up and raped them. | Castro, 53, held three women against their will for about a decade until May this year. He kept his victims chained up and raped them. |
| He was sentenced on 1 August to life imprisonment without parole plus 1,000 years. The house was demolished. | He was sentenced on 1 August to life imprisonment without parole plus 1,000 years. The house was demolished. |
| The former school bus driver abducted Michelle Knight, 32, Amanda Berry, 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23, from the Cleveland streets between 2002-04. | The former school bus driver abducted Michelle Knight, 32, Amanda Berry, 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23, from the Cleveland streets between 2002-04. |
| A spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, JoEllen Smith, said: "He was housed in protective custody which means he was in a cell by himself and rounds are required every 30 minutes at staggered intervals. | |
| "Upon finding inmate Castro, prison medical staff began performing life saving measures. Shortly after he was transported to [the prison medical facility] where he was pronounced dead at 10:52 pm." | |
| "A thorough review of this incident is under way," she added. |