Cleveland Kidnapper Ends His Life In Prison

Ariel Castro, the Ohio kidnapper of three women who held them captive for over a decade ended his life. Castro died after being found hanging in his cell at Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, Tuesday at 9:20 p.m. local time, Ohio Department of Corrections spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said.

“These degenerate molesters are cowards,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said in a statement. “They con and capture vulnerable children. This man couldn’t take, for even a month, a small portion of what he had dished out for more than a decade.”

“Let this be a message to other child kidnappers: There will be a heavy price to pay when you are caught,” he said. “You won’t enjoy the captive side of the bars.”