Ariel Castro, who had been sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years for kidnapping and raping three women and murder, committed suicide in his prison cell on Tuesday evening.
Anthony Castro, the son of the Cleveland man Ariel, who admitted to kidnapping, raping and enslaving three young women for about a decade said that his father should serve a life sentence. On NBC's "Today" show on Monday, Anthony Castro added that he will not visit his fathe while serving time in prison.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, the three women who Cleveland police said were held captive in a home for almost a decade have issued a YouTube video in which they thanked the public for the encouragement and financial support that are allowing them to restart their lives.
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of abducting three women and torturing them during a decade of captivity, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 329 criminal counts, including kidnapping and rape.
