Ariel Castro, the lone Cleveland man accused of kidnapping and raping three women for a decade, will make his first public appearance later this morning when he is arraigned in a county court.
Castro, the 52-year-old former school bus driver, was charged Wednesday with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. After a pending grand jury hearing, Castro might face additional charges in connection to the alleged abduction of Amanda Berry, 27, Michele Knight, 32, and Gina DeJesus, 23, Cleveland Chief Assistant Prosecutor Victor Perez said.
Castro's two brothers, Onil Castro, 50, and Pedro Castro, 54, who were arrested with him, were not charged in connection with this case, officials said. Police have said there is no indication that the brothers, who were released, were involved at any point during the ordeal.
Among the mysteries is how the women were kept in the house so long only miles from where they were allegedly abducted.
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The court documents released Wednesday give the clearest clues yet in the investigation on how the women were treated in captivity. Ariel Castro lured each victim from the street and into his car, according to the documents. Knight was abducted first in 2002 and brought to the kidnap suspect's modest two-story home on Seymour Avenue. She would later be joined by Berry in 2003 and DeJesus a year later.
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Police made it clear they believe that each kidnap victim was "repeatedly sexually assaulted by the defendant," and that the abuse occurred "during the entire course of captivity," according to charging documents filed in court Wednesday.
The women were initially chained in the basement and sexually assaulted, a senior official from the Cleveland Police Department told ABC News. Later, when their "spirits were broken," they were allowed to be in other parts of the house, the official said.
Knight, Castro's first alleged kidnapping victim, told police she was impregnated five times by Castro, ABC News affiliate WEWS-TV reported. In each case, she reportedly was made to abort the fetus when he punched her in the belly.
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Berry, however, delivered her tormentor's apparent child six years ago in a small inflatable pool "so the mess was easy to clean up," a law enforcement source told WEWS.
The little girl, named Jocelyn, was born Christmas Day in 2006, the mother told her family in a phone call on Tuesday, according to WEWS.
Jocelyn, police say, was the captive who had the most freedom, officials said. The 6-year-old left the house occasionally with the suspect, Cleveland Chief of Police Michael McGrath told ABC News. Police said they were conducting a paternity test and were not yet certain the baby was fathered by Castro.
"She did leave the house. I have information that she did leave the house occasionally with the suspect," McGrath said Wednesday.
Deputy Police Chief Ed Tomba said the women could remember being outside only twice during their entire time in captivity. When those rare moments took place, the women were allowed to go only as far as the backyard and had to don wigs, sunglasses and keep their heads down, police said.
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In newly released police audio tapes, a 911 dispatcher notified officers Monday that he had just spoken to a woman who "says her name is Amanda Berry and that she had been kidnapped 10 years ago."
Castro, the 52-year-old former school bus driver, was charged Wednesday with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. After a pending grand jury hearing, Castro might face additional charges in connection to the alleged abduction of Amanda Berry, 27, Michele Knight, 32, and Gina DeJesus, 23, Cleveland Chief Assistant Prosecutor Victor Perez said.
Castro's two brothers, Onil Castro, 50, and Pedro Castro, 54, who were arrested with him, were not charged in connection with this case, officials said. Police have said there is no indication that the brothers, who were released, were involved at any point during the ordeal.
Among the mysteries is how the women were kept in the house so long only miles from where they were allegedly abducted.
RELATED: Kidnap Suspect Comforted Victim's Mom Last Year
The court documents released Wednesday give the clearest clues yet in the investigation on how the women were treated in captivity. Ariel Castro lured each victim from the street and into his car, according to the documents. Knight was abducted first in 2002 and brought to the kidnap suspect's modest two-story home on Seymour Avenue. She would later be joined by Berry in 2003 and DeJesus a year later.
Ariel Castro, seen here in this undated... View Full Size
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Ariel Castro Charged With Kidnapping, Rape Watch Video
Amanda Berry's Father: Best Feeling I Ever Had Watch Video
Police made it clear they believe that each kidnap victim was "repeatedly sexually assaulted by the defendant," and that the abuse occurred "during the entire course of captivity," according to charging documents filed in court Wednesday.
The women were initially chained in the basement and sexually assaulted, a senior official from the Cleveland Police Department told ABC News. Later, when their "spirits were broken," they were allowed to be in other parts of the house, the official said.
Knight, Castro's first alleged kidnapping victim, told police she was impregnated five times by Castro, ABC News affiliate WEWS-TV reported. In each case, she reportedly was made to abort the fetus when he punched her in the belly.
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Berry, however, delivered her tormentor's apparent child six years ago in a small inflatable pool "so the mess was easy to clean up," a law enforcement source told WEWS.
The little girl, named Jocelyn, was born Christmas Day in 2006, the mother told her family in a phone call on Tuesday, according to WEWS.
Jocelyn, police say, was the captive who had the most freedom, officials said. The 6-year-old left the house occasionally with the suspect, Cleveland Chief of Police Michael McGrath told ABC News. Police said they were conducting a paternity test and were not yet certain the baby was fathered by Castro.
"She did leave the house. I have information that she did leave the house occasionally with the suspect," McGrath said Wednesday.
Deputy Police Chief Ed Tomba said the women could remember being outside only twice during their entire time in captivity. When those rare moments took place, the women were allowed to go only as far as the backyard and had to don wigs, sunglasses and keep their heads down, police said.
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In newly released police audio tapes, a 911 dispatcher notified officers Monday that he had just spoken to a woman who "says her name is Amanda Berry and that she had been kidnapped 10 years ago."