Following his arrest, Ariel Castro pleaded guilty to 937 counts of kidnapping, rape, and aggravated murder. He was sentenced to life plus 1000 years in prison on August 1, 2013, reported ABC News.

Ariel Castro was reportedly behind the infamous Cleveland kidnappings took place between 2002 and 2004. He was born to Pedro Castro and Lillian Rodriguez on July 10, 1960, in Duey, Yauco, Puerto Rico.

Cleveland Kidnapping Victim Michelle Knight testified at the sentencing hearing of kidnapper Ariel Castro on Thursday, telling him, "You took eleven years of my life away, and now I've got them back." ...

Ariel Castro, 53, is expected to be sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 1,000 years after pleading guilty last week to 937 counts in a deal that spared him the death penalty.

Ariel Castro's home an oasis of calm on chaotic block, police records show Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro charged with murder, hundreds of rape, assault counts Sophia Rosenbaum, NBC News ...

One of the three women held captive for years by rapist Ariel Castro is speaking out about her ordeal. Michelle Knight was abducted by Castro in 2002, when she was just 21. She then spent the next 11 ...

Update (1:51 pm): looks like the supposed Ariel Castro knife is no longer for sale. The posting disappeared from Ebay some time in the last two hours, but the seller 's other six items are still up.

Castro's ex-wife, Grimilda Figueroa, who died last year, first accused Castro of assault in 1989, 1993 and again in 2005, three years after he allegedly abducted his first victim Michelle Knight ...

The women who survived being kidnapped by Ariel Castro and kept in his so-called "House of Horrors" in Ohio are now speaking out about their experiences and how they’re rebuilding their lives.

Ariel Castro’s Kidnapping Victim Recalls Terror: I Was ‘Raped’, ‘Chained To Wall’ & ‘Fed Once A Day’ Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who spent years kidnapped in ...

In exchange, Ariel Castro would be sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years, prosecutors said. Castro was in court Friday morning to enter the guilty plea.

Ariel Castro, 52, sits with his head down between his attorneys Jaye Schlachet (R) and Craig Weintraub (L) during his pre-trial hearing on charges including rape, kidnapping and murder in ...