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==Biography==

Ariel Castro was born in Duey, Yauco, Puerto Rico, the son of Pedro "Nona" Castro (1938–2004) and Lillian Rodriguez (born 1942). His parents divorced when he was a child, and he moved to mainland United States with his mother and three full siblings. They settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, and then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Castro's father and other family members, including his uncle Julio, who ran a mom-and-pop bodega, were living. His father later ran a used car dealership until his death in 2004. Castro had nine siblings (both full and half) and he graduated from Cleveland's Lincoln-West High School in 1979, although with a C-average.

Ariel Castro was born in Duey, Yauco, Puerto Rico, the son of Pedro "Nona" Castro (1938–2004) and Lillian Rodriguez (born 1942). His parents divorced when he was a child, and he moved to mainland United States with his mother and three full siblings. They settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, and then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Castro's father and other family members, including his uncle Julio, who ran a mom-and-pop bodega, were living. His father later ran a used car dealership until his death in 2004. Castro had nine siblings (both full and half). As a child, he was molested by an older boy in the neighborhood he was living in. He also mentioned that his mother struck him with belts, sticks and an open hand. He graduated from Cleveland's Lincoln-West High School in 1979, although with a C-average.

Castro met his girlfriend Grimilda Figueroa when his family moved into a house across the street from hers in the 1980s. They lived with both sets of parents, but moved into their own home at 2207 Seymour Avenue in 1992. Their home was a two-story, 1,400-square-foot (130 m2), four-bedroom, one-bathroom house with a 760-square-foot (71 m2) unfinished basement built in 1890 and remodeled in 1956. Figueroa's sister Elida Caraballo said that "all hell started breaking loose" when the couple moved into their new home. Caraballo and her husband Frank claim that Castro beat Figueroa, breaking her nose, ribs, and arms and causing a blood clot on her brain that resulted in an inoperable tumor. He also threw her down a flight of stairs, cracking her skull. In 1993, Castro was arrested for domestic violence but was not indicted by a grand jury.

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===Suicide===

Castro was found hanging from a bed sheet in his detention cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, on the evening of September 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2013, one month into his life sentence. He was 53 at the time of his death. Prison staff performed CPR on him before he was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, where he was pronounced dead shortly after. Although not on suicide watch, Castro was subjected to routine checks every 30 minutes due to his notoriety and it was later revealed that prison guards falsified logs about their observation of him before he was found dead. Although there were allegations from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction that Castro died of autoerotic asphyxiation, the following day, Franklin County coroner Jan Gorniak announced that a preliminary autopsy had found the cause of Castro's death to be suicide by hanging. That December, a consultant report confirmed that he died by suicide, revealing that he expressed frustration in prison life in his journal as well as a shrine of pictures with a Bible in his cell. Castro was cremated in a private funeral.

Castro was found hanging from a bed sheet in his detention cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, on the evening of September 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2013, one month into his life sentence. He was 53 at the time of his death. Prison staff performed CPR on him before he was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, where he was pronounced dead shortly after. Although not on suicide watch, Castro was subjected to routine checks every 30 minutes due to his notoriety and it was later revealed that prison guards falsified logs about their observation of him before he was found dead. Although there were allegations from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction that Castro died of autoerotic asphyxiation, the following day, Franklin County coroner Jan Gorniak announced that a preliminary autopsy had found the cause of Castro's death to be suicide by hanging. That December, a consultant report confirmed that he died by suicide, revealing that he expressed frustration in prison life in his journal as well as a shrine of pictures with a Bible in his cell. Castro was cremated in a private funeral. He requested that all his money go to his victims after he died.

===Trivia===

*He was accused of framing Fernando Colon for molesting his daughters.

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 ==Biography==
-Ariel Castro was born in Duey, Yauco, Puerto Rico, the son of Pedro "Nona" Castro (1938–2004) and Lillian Rodriguez (born 1942). His parents divorced when he was a child, and he moved to mainland United States with his mother and three full siblings. They settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, and then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Castro's father and other family members, including his uncle Julio, who ran a mom-and-pop bodega, were living. His father later ran a used car dealership until his death in 2004. Castro had nine siblings (both full and half) and he graduated from Cleveland's Lincoln-West High School in 1979, although with a C-average.
+Ariel Castro was born in Duey, Yauco, Puerto Rico, the son of Pedro "Nona" Castro (1938–2004) and Lillian Rodriguez (born 1942). His parents divorced when he was a child, and he moved to mainland United States with his mother and three full siblings. They settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, and then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Castro's father and other family members, including his uncle Julio, who ran a mom-and-pop bodega, were living. His father later ran a used car dealership until his death in 2004. Castro had nine siblings (both full and half). As a child, he was molested by an older boy in the neighborhood he was living in. He also mentioned that his mother struck him with belts, sticks and an open hand. He graduated from Cleveland's Lincoln-West High School in 1979, although with a C-average.
 Castro met his girlfriend Grimilda Figueroa when his family moved into a house across the street from hers in the 1980s. They lived with both sets of parents, but moved into their own home at 2207 Seymour Avenue in 1992. Their home was a two-story, 1,400-square-foot (130 m2), four-bedroom, one-bathroom house with a 760-square-foot (71 m2) unfinished basement built in 1890 and remodeled in 1956. Figueroa's sister Elida Caraballo said that "all hell started breaking loose" when the couple moved into their new home. Caraballo and her husband Frank claim that Castro beat Figueroa, breaking her nose, ribs, and arms and causing a blood clot on her brain that resulted in an inoperable tumor. He also threw her down a flight of stairs, cracking her skull. In 1993, Castro was arrested for domestic violence but was not indicted by a grand jury.
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 ===Suicide===
-Castro was found hanging from a bed sheet in his detention cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, on the evening of September 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2013, one month into his life sentence. He was 53 at the time of his death. Prison staff performed CPR on him before he was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, where he was pronounced dead shortly after. Although not on suicide watch, Castro was subjected to routine checks every 30 minutes due to his notoriety and it was later revealed that prison guards falsified logs about their observation of him before he was found dead. Although there were allegations from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction that Castro died of autoerotic asphyxiation, the following day, Franklin County coroner Jan Gorniak announced that a preliminary autopsy had found the cause of Castro's death to be suicide by hanging. That December, a consultant report confirmed that he died by suicide, revealing that he expressed frustration in prison life in his journal as well as a shrine of pictures with a Bible in his cell. Castro was cremated in a private funeral.
+Castro was found hanging from a bed sheet in his detention cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, on the evening of September 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2013, one month into his life sentence. He was 53 at the time of his death. Prison staff performed CPR on him before he was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, where he was pronounced dead shortly after. Although not on suicide watch, Castro was subjected to routine checks every 30 minutes due to his notoriety and it was later revealed that prison guards falsified logs about their observation of him before he was found dead. Although there were allegations from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction that Castro died of autoerotic asphyxiation, the following day, Franklin County coroner Jan Gorniak announced that a preliminary autopsy had found the cause of Castro's death to be suicide by hanging. That December, a consultant report confirmed that he died by suicide, revealing that he expressed frustration in prison life in his journal as well as a shrine of pictures with a Bible in his cell. Castro was cremated in a private funeral. He requested that all his money go to his victims after he died.
 ===Trivia===
 *He was accused of framing Fernando Colon for molesting his daughters.