Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found dead by hanging in prison cell

By Mark Stevenson and Hasani Gittens, NBCLatino

Kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro was found hanged in his jail cell just a month after being sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years for holding three women captive in his Cleveland home, a prison official said early Wednesday.

Medical officials tried to revive the 53-year-old former school bus driver after he was discovered around 9:20 p.m. CT Tuesday at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, authorities said.

Castro was transported to Ohio State University Medical Center but was pronounced dead at 10.52 p.m.

Authorities said a “thorough review of this incident is under way.”

Castro had been housed in protective custody, which means he was in a cell by himself. Guards were making rounds every 30 minutes at staggered intervals, according to the Ohio Bureau of Prisons.

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This article was first published in NBCLatino.

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