Brothers hope kidnap suspect 'rots' in jail
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May 14, 2013, Tuesday
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THE brothers of the US man charged with kidnapping and raping three women, locking them in his home for a decade, said they hope he "rots" in jail.
He's a "monster. Hateful. I hope he rots in that jail," Onil Castro, 50, told CNN yesterday.
"I don't even want them to take his life like that," he said, referring to a possible death penalty charge in the case. "I want him to suffer in that jail."
"I feel the same way," added brother Pedro Castro, 54.
Onil and Pedro were arrested soon after their brother Ariel Castro a week ago, when the three women, and a daughter born to one of them while in captivity, were discovered at Ariel's home in Cleveland, Ohio.
But Pedro and Onil were later released, with police saying there was no evidence they participated in the crimes.
In the interview, both said they had no idea what was happening.
"I don't know how my brother got away with it for so many years," Pedro said, adding he would have turned him in himself if he'd been aware.
"If I knew, I would have reported it, brother or no brother," he said.
The brothers said they never went past the kitchen in Ariel's house, where the three women were kept hostage, explaining Ariel kept the rest of the house blocked off with curtains and played the television or radio to block out sounds.
"Something had to be on at all times in the kitchen. So I could hear nothing else but the radio or the TV," Pedro said.
The two said they were kept separate from Ariel at the jail, but Onil saw him at least once.
But both brothers said the feared they would never fully be freed of the suspicion raised after police announced their arrest and made their mug shots public.
The two, and their 71-year-old mother, are in hiding, saying people have thrown rocks at their homes and sent them death threats over the Internet.
He's a "monster. Hateful. I hope he rots in that jail," Onil Castro, 50, told CNN yesterday.
"I don't even want them to take his life like that," he said, referring to a possible death penalty charge in the case. "I want him to suffer in that jail."
"I feel the same way," added brother Pedro Castro, 54.
Onil and Pedro were arrested soon after their brother Ariel Castro a week ago, when the three women, and a daughter born to one of them while in captivity, were discovered at Ariel's home in Cleveland, Ohio.
But Pedro and Onil were later released, with police saying there was no evidence they participated in the crimes.
In the interview, both said they had no idea what was happening.
"I don't know how my brother got away with it for so many years," Pedro said, adding he would have turned him in himself if he'd been aware.
"If I knew, I would have reported it, brother or no brother," he said.
The brothers said they never went past the kitchen in Ariel's house, where the three women were kept hostage, explaining Ariel kept the rest of the house blocked off with curtains and played the television or radio to block out sounds.
"Something had to be on at all times in the kitchen. So I could hear nothing else but the radio or the TV," Pedro said.
The two said they were kept separate from Ariel at the jail, but Onil saw him at least once.
But both brothers said the feared they would never fully be freed of the suspicion raised after police announced their arrest and made their mug shots public.
The two, and their 71-year-old mother, are in hiding, saying people have thrown rocks at their homes and sent them death threats over the Internet.
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