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Conviction 2002 – 2004 Missing Person

Ariel Castro Victims

Status Conviction
Type Missing Person
Date 2002 – 2004
Location Cleveland, Ohio
Victim Age Unknown
Gender Female

Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were individually abducted and held captive for about a decade in Ariel Castro's Cleveland home. Amanda Berry escaped in 2013 with her daughter born in captivity. Castro pleaded guilty to 937 counts and received life imprisonment plus 1,000 years. He died by suicide in prison one month later.

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