Ohio: DNA Confirms Castro Is Girl's Father
Source: Yahoo News / Sky News
Preliminary DNA tests have confirmed that a kidnap and rape suspect in Ohio is the father of a six-year-old girl rescued from his home along with her mother and two other women.
Attorney General Mike DeWine's office confirmed Ariel Castro's paternity in a news release on Friday.
Mr DeWine said a sample of Castro's DNA was taken on Thursday and forensic scientists worked through the night on the case.
The girl is the daughter of Amanda Berry, who authorities say was held for about a decade in Castro's house in Cleveland along with Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Now I feel bad.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)that was pretty good
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I laugh.
Then I read what's said about him. Then I laugh again.
kag
(4,079 posts)I guess her body didn't shut that whole thing down in time. Or maybe the rape just wasn't legitimate enough.
RiverNoord
(1,150 posts)of child abduction and rape, buuuttt.... there's a first time for everything, I guess .
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)AllyCat
(16,260 posts)What a horrible thing for that mother and child. Hope they find some healing.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)and child support
bravenak
(34,648 posts)They don't let rapists take their daughters to jail.
He is facing life.
RiverNoord
(1,150 posts)apart from the prison thing, every state (except for a couple of southern ones) has laws that strongly discourage child custody, even part-time, for rapists who produce children. Could you imagine a judge granting any kind of custody to a horrible creature such as this guy? I couldn't, and I've seen a lot of creeps of both genders get custody of their kids.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)RILib
(862 posts)the last I read, she was still in the hospital. That's the one he beat into five miscarriages.
marshall
(6,665 posts)I read she has a brother, but I'm not sure if he has a place for her. The other two women have extended family who are eager to take them in.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)but is refusing to see them both. She had lost custody of her own child and when she disappeared, they thought she had run away. I think the mother filed a missing person's report but there were no vigils or anything like that for her. Sounds like a complicated family relationship. Here's some of the story:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/michelle-knight-mother-barbara-knight-report_n_3237901.html
northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)Just think, she has never even been outside, known anything except her house prison and few people there, probably malnourished; never been to school, seen other children. Her mental, educational, physical state must be severely compromised.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)A twisted mind and a control freak.
He did similar things to his other children.
...
Figueroa's father, Ismail Figueroa, said Wednesday that Castro would regularly lock his daughter inside a second-floor apartment in the house where they lived when they were first together.
Later, when they moved a few blocks to the house Castro purchased the house from which, years later, the women would escape he kept a close eye on her and refused to let people come inside to visit her or even let her pick up their children from school, said Angel Villanueva, who is married to Grimilda Figueroa's sister.
Grimilda was "not allowed to go nowhere," said Villanueva. No matter where she wanted to go, "it had to be with him."
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/05/09/abducted-women-held-captive-left-house-twice-in-decade-ariel-castro-served-cake/
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)They were both arrested because they had outstanding warrants from a decade old open alcoholic container charges. Pedro Castro pled no contest and the charges were dropped against Onil Castro.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2013/05/09/ohio-suspect-brothers-released-from-custody/KFoHyoflOEtZE29weNVMDJ/story.html
At least that's the case so far...
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)in the backyard wasn't enough to suspect them of something?
Or was that neighbor just bullshitting?
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)The police say that the victims were only ever outside twice and that was to go from the house to the garage in disguise and that they weren't on dog leashes. The police also say that no such calls were ever made to them.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I'd imagine it would be pretty simple for cops to interview the neighbors who went on record to verify it...
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)We don't know what he meant by it.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)With respect to local journalism, it's not being reported by a major media outlet, not directly from anyone with verifiable knowledge of the case.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)Obvioisly local media outlets with connections have more information.
Lydia Esparra from 19actionnews even spoke to Gina in her house. Foreign press still names all three brothers as rapists.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)...I mean how many people could have been in the interrogation or had access to reports thereof?
Lydia Esparra seems like an excellent person, she's not reporting any of this and the Mayor's comment could merely be proactive rather than reactive.
Suffice to say, until I see it from a source with direct knowledge of the investigation or in a court of law, I personally am not believing unsubstantiated information.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)The media will run what they will, that doesn't mean it's true or not.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)After they were handcuffed, Onil Castro asked police if this was about his brother, Pedro. "If so, he's over at our mom's house on Hyde Avenue," the report states.
Police responding to the address found Pedro Castro passed out in the backyard of the home wearing a pair of shorts but no shirt.
All three of the Castro brothers were taken to the Second District Police Station.
http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/298772/45/Investigator-Read-details-of-captives-lives-escape