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CLEVELAND, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Former school bus driver Ariel
Castro, sentenced to life in prison for the abduction, rape and
torture of three Cleveland women he held captive for years in
his house, was found dead in his Ohio prison cell late on
Tuesday, a state corrections official said.
Castro, 53, who was under protective custody in isolation
from other inmates at the Correctional Reception Center in
Orient, Ohio, was found hanged by prison staff during their
rounds at the facility, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said.
Castro was transferred to an area hospital and pronounced
dead about 90 minutes later, she said.
(Reporting by Kim Palmer; Writing by Steve Gorman; editing by
Christopher Wilson)
