Ariel Castro, who is facing 977 criminal charges related to the kidnapping of three women in the Cleveland area, has struck a plea bargain that will save him from the death penalty, but send him to ...

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years Thursday after one of the three women he held for a decade faced him down in court. "You have not been ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio >> The man serving a life prison term for kidnapping three women and repeatedly raping them in his home for nearly a decade has been found dead and is believed to have committed suicide ...

When Ariel Castro was first arrested and charged with imprisoning and raping three women in his Cleveland house over a decade, his attorneys said evidence would show that he was not a monster. The ...

Cleveland kidnapper-rapist-murderer Ariel Castro has been taking a renewed round of well-deserved scorn on the occasion of his sentencing for the crimes he committed against Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus ...

A judge in Cleveland confirmed a 1,000-year prison term for kidnapper Ariel Castro at his sentencing hearing today, but not before a moving speech from one of his victims, and Castro's own stubborn ...

CLEVELAND - A man accused of imprisoning three women in his home and subjecting them to rapes and beatings for a decade avoided the death penalty Friday, pleading guilty in a deal that will keep him ...

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro’s death while in prison was the result of him committing suicide by hanging himself, two correction consultants investigating the incident said Tuesday. Their report ...