Ariel Castro's daughter serving 25 years for attempting to murder her baby

[Renew Deal]

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Emily Castro, Ariel's daughter, is serving 25 years in prison for attempting to murder her infant daughter.

Court records indicate that Emily Castro moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., with her boyfriend Deangelo Gonzalez, where she gave birth to her daughter. Castro's brother, Anthony Castro, was a copy editor at The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne at the time.

Castro suffered from manic depression diagnosed when she was 13, the court record says. On April 4, 2007, a day after her boyfriend moved out, Castro, then 19, allegedly slashed the 11-month-old's throat four times, cut her own neck and wrists and then attempted to drown herself in a nearby creek.

In an appeal filed Nov. 5, 2008 in Indiana, her attorneys argued that Castro was no competent to stand try and that she was not sane at the time of the crime.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/07/missing-women-cleveland-brothers-arrested/2140359

[Politicalboi]

1. She didn't murder the baby

"Attempting to murder her infant daughter". Still a horrific crime, but the baby survived.

[cherokeeprogressive]

2. You said "murdering", the first sentence says "attempting to murder".

I didn't read whether the baby is dead or not. I'm confused.

[Renew Deal]

3. I'm confused too

If the baby survived that, then it's a miracle. I changed the title.

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. I haven't been able to find out either way.

Not trying to be the Credibility Police mind you (Gawd knows I could NEVER be that LOL), it's just that I've read it both ways since the story broke last night.

Peace.

[LisaL]

9. Child is alive.

Father of the child has custody.

[Tx4obama]

4. And additional UPDATES regarding everyone in the family on the Live-blog link below

Here: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/05/amanda_berry_gina_dejesus_mich.html#incart_maj-story-1#incart_maj-story-1

[nomorenomore08]

6. Quite possibly one of the most fucked up families I've ever heard of, and that's saying something...

[dgibby]

7. It wouldn't surprise me

to find the daughter was abused by members of her own family. It also wouldn't surprise me to learn that a member of her immediate family was the father of her baby. If so, it would go a long way to explain her behavior. Depending on how this plays out, it might behoove Indiana to revisit her case. Considering what we know about this family, she probably was insane at the time she attempted to murder her child and kill herself.

[LisaL]

8. Why would Indiana revisit her case when she lived in OH?

Also the child is alive and is living with her father (who is not a member of the immediate family), but a boyfriend.

[dgibby]

10. IIRC,

she and her boyfriend had moved to Indiana. The child's father may very well be the boyfriend. I just said it wouldn't surprise me if it was a member of the immediate family. I'd be willing to bet money that she was abused.

[Gin]

11. I agree she was abused......i wondered if the baby was dads.........how awful to slit the throat....

Boy......this story has so many twists and turns...