Ariel Castro

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Details

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

Angie Gregg Interview

Ariel Castro’s Daughter: My Father Is ‘Evil’ & ‘Demonic’

Angie Gregg, one of Ariel’s five children, is disgusted that her father held three women captive for over a decade. In a new interview, she reveals that until May 6, she thought that she had the best dad in the world. Now, she’s living with the horror of what her father did.
Angie Gregg found out that her father, Ariel Castro, kidnapped and allegedly brutally tortured Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight at the same time as the rest of the world. In a new interview, she reveals that her father is now dead to her. (Her sister, Arlene Castro, shares her sentiments.)

May 10, 2013

Ariel Castro Daughter

Ariel Castro’s Daughter: My Dad Should Be Executed

Arlene Castro, one of Ariel’s five children, has absolutely no mercy for her father. In a shocking new interview, she says her family is turning its back on Ariel and that the only thing he deserves is the death penalty.
Arlene Castro is one of five children who will have to live with the shame of knowing that their father was the man who kidnapped and allegedly brutally tortured Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight. So many conflicting emotions must be running through her body right now, but most of all Arlene feels disgust towards her father, Ariel Castro, she admits in a revealing interview.

May 10, 2013

Emily Castro Jail

Ariel Castro’s Daughter In Prison For Slashing Her Baby’s Throat

In a bizarre twist, it has now been revealed that Ariel Castro’s daughter is in an Indiana prison after attempting to murder her own baby girl. Read on for all the disturbing details.
Ariel Castro’s daughter Emily Castro is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for attempted murder after she slashed her daughter’s neck with a knife in 2007. Was she a victim of her father’s abuse?

May 9, 2013

Ariel Castro Confession Letter

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 Ariel Castro Daughter

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

Amanda Berry Missing

Three Girls Who Went Missing 10 Years Ago Are Found Alive

It’s a miracle! Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were all rescued on May 6 after they vanished almost ten years ago. They were allegedly held captive in chains in a Cleveland, Ohio home. Read on for all the details!
Three girls, who all vanished approximately ten years ago, were miraculously found in a Cleveland, Ohio home on May 6. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found alive in a home near the neighborhood where they grew up, police confirmed. Amanda screamed for help when their captor left the house.

May 7, 2013

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