Ariel Castro

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Also Known As:: Cleveland Kidnapper
Date of Birth:: January 1, 1960
Height:: 6' 0"
Hometown:: Cleveland

Bio:
Ariel Castro (born circa 1960) is a former school bus driver. Ariel was arrested on May 6, 2013, in connection with the abduction of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, three women who went missing for nearly 10 years.

Known For:
Ariel Castro is known for kidnapping Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus, who were all missing for nearly 10 years. They were rescued on May 6.

Personal Life:
Ariel Castro fathered two children with Grimilda Figeroa — it’s not known if they were married. Their daughter, Emily, was jailed in 2008. She was sentenced to 25 years for trying to murder her daughter, 7-months-old at the time. Ariel and Grimilda also have a son, Ariel ‘Anthony’ Castro.

Latest Ariel Castro

Ariel Castro Confesses He’s A ‘Sexual Predator’ & Blames Kidnapped Women

Ariel Castro allegedly wrote a letter admitting that he was a ‘sexual predator,’ and then shockingly blamed the three tortured victims for their abductions because they got into his car!
Kidnapper Ariel Castro apparently had a moment of sanity in which he wrote a letter confessing to being a “sexual predator” who needed “help.” At one point he actually wanted to kill himself, he wrote in a letter obtained by 19 Action News reporter Scott Taylor. But what is most disturbing, is that in the letter allegedly obtained by police, he had the nerve to blame Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight for getting into his car.

May 9, 2013

Amanda Berry’s Daughter, 6, Cried ‘I Want My Daddy’ After Rescue

When Charles Ramsey heroically rescued Amanda Berry and her young daughter from his neighbor Ariel Castro’s basement in Ohio, the terrified woman revealed her little girl was fathered by her own captor. Watch his shocking CNN interview.
Charles Ramsey, the man credited with rescuing all three women who were held captive in an Ohio basement, was the first person to see Amanda Berry, 27, and her young daughter Jocelyn, 6, after they escaped Ariel Castro’s basement. Charles revealed to CNN’s Anderson Cooper that both escaped women were extremely frightened — and little Jocelyn cried for her father.

May 8, 2013

Fourth Teen Disappeared From Ohio Area — Another Kidnapping Victim?

While Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were all rescued after being missing for over a decade, Ashley Summers has still not been found. Is her disappearance connected?
Ariel, Onil and Pedro Castro were arrested on May 7 for allegedly holding Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight captive in their home for nearly ten years.The girls have been safely returned to their families, but another teen called Ashley Summers who disappeared in the same area has still not been found. The FBI now plan to interview the girls to see if they knew anything about Ashley’s disappearance, because they believe the Castro brothers could be involved.

May 8, 2013

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