CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Former school bus driver Ariel Castro, sentenced to life in prison for the abduction, rape and torture of three Cleveland women he held captive for years in his house, was found dead in his Ohio prison cell late on Tuesday, a state corrections official said.
Castro, 53, who was under protective custody in isolation from other inmates at the Correctional Reception Centre in Orient, Ohio, was found hanged by prison staff during their rounds at the facility, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said.
Castro was transferred to an area hospital and pronounced dead about 90 minutes later, she said.
(Reporting by Kim Palmer; Writing by Steve Gorman; editing by Christopher Wilson)
Kidnapper of three Cleveland women found dead in Ohio jail cell
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