Ariel is disgusting. What did he do for a living anyways? Was he on welfare?
Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old former school bus driver, was charged with four counts of kidnapping — covering the captives and the daughter born to one of them — and three counts of rape, against all three women.
The women, now in their 20s and 30s, vanished separately between 2002 and 2004. At the time, they were 14, 16 and 20 years old.
Prosecutors brought no charges against Castro’s two brothers, who were arrested along with him on Monday, saying there was no evidence they had any part in the crime.
Castro owns the run-down home where the women were rescued on Monday, after one of them broke through a screen door to freedom while Castro was away. The discovery electrified Cleveland, where many people had come to believe the missing young women were dead.
Deputy Police Chief Ed Tomba said it was the only opportunity they ever had to escape. “Something must have clicked and she saw an opportunity and she took that opportunity,” he said.
Tomba said the women could remember being outside only twice during their entire time in captivity. “We were told they left the house and went into the garage in disguise,” he said.
The women were not kept in the same room but knew about one another, he said.
He also said a paternity test on Castro was being done to establish who fathered the now 6-year-old child of former captive Amanda Berry.
