![]() ![]() Media reports said they did not have jobs and never married.Īlso mysterious was the web of ties among the Castro brothers, especially Ariel Castro and the family of DeJesus, who disappeared at age 14 while walking home from school on April 2, 2004. ![]() Little information was available about them Wednesday. Pedro and Onil Castro lived together a few blocks away. Police said they had found no evidence the two brothers were connected to the crimes.Īriel Castro, of Puerto Rican heritage, lived in and owned the ramshackle house on Seymour Avenue where the three women - Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight - were rescued Monday night, along with Berry’s 6-year-old daughter. Never,” said Noemi Castro, Ariel Castro’s half sister in an interview with The Washington Post.Ĭastro was charged with four counts of kidnapping, which included all three captives and the daughter born to one of them while she was detained, and three counts of rape against the three women.Ĭastro’s brothers - Pedro Castro, 54, and Onil Castro, 50 - were also arrested and still in custody Wednesday, but police said they would face no immediate charges. I never thought Ariel would do something like this. The seeming contradictions have left neighbors and family members shocked and perplexed at what could have gone wrong for a family that seemed so woven into the tightly knit community around it, a family that had close ties to relatives of at least one of the victims. Records show that Castro was accused of beating his former wife so badly it triggered a blood clot in her brain and that he was fired from his job in November after a series of disciplinary incidents. The house that seemed so open to some fellow musicians was closed to other people, with locks on the basement, attic and garage. Yet there were hints of another side to Castro, who was charged with kidnapping and rape on Wednesday in the abductions of three young women who were held captive for the past decade. With his love for music and seemingly friendly personality, Ariel Castro was a familiar presence in his heavily Latino neighborhood on Cleveland’s west side.Ĭastro, 52, drove a school bus, attended neighborhood barbecues, played bass in a number of local bands and was known for the musical equipment that filled his living room, especially his beloved bass guitars. ![]()
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