Kidnapper Ariel Castro found hanged in cell

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These undated file handout photos provided by the FBI show Amanda Berry, left, and Georgina "Gina" Dejesus. For DeJesus, Berry and Michelle Knight, who were freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house on Monday, May 6, 2013, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery _ from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring reentry into a world much different than the one they were snatched from a decade ago. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo, members of the FBI evidence response team carry out the front screen door from the house where three women were held captive, in Cleveland. Cleveland officials are trying to keep the house intact until the trial of the women's suspected abductor is concluded. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Ariel Castro, 52, is shown in this Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office file booking photo May 9, 2013. Castro, the Cleveland man sentenced to life in prison for the abduction, rape and torture of three women, was found dead in his Ohio jail cell, according to a prison official on September 3, 2013. REUTERS/Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office/Handout via Reuters

This May 6, 2013 file photo shows neighbor Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey lived next door to where Ariel Castro is alleged to have kept the women in his makeshift prison until Monday afternoon, when Ramsey happened to be home and heard Amanda Berry's scream. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw)

Ariel Castro, left, appears in Cleveland Municipal court alongside defense attorney Kathleen DeMetz Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape after three women missing for about a decade and one of their young daughters were found alive at his home earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ariel Castro, center, enters the courtroom for his arraignment Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping. He is charged with kidnapping three women and keeping them _ sometimes restrained in chains _ along with a 6-year-old girl he fathered with one of them. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

This combo image made from July 8, 2013, file still frames from video provided by Hennes Paynter Communications shows, from left: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, the three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade by Ariel Castro. Castro was found dead hanging in his cell on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, a prison official said. He was sentenced Aug. 1 to life in prison plus 1,000 years on his guilty plea to 937 counts including kidnapping and rape. (AP Photo/Hennes Paynter Communications, File)

This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows Ariel Castro in the courtroom during the sentencing phase in Cleveland. Castro, who held 3 women captive for a decade, has committed suicide, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)

Michelle Knight (2nd L) reads statements while supported by her attorney (L) and a friend as her accused assailant Ariel Castro (R) sits in the courtroom during Castro's sentencing of kidnapping, rape and murder in Cleveland, Ohio in this August 1, 2013 file photo. Castro, the Cleveland man sentenced to life in prison for the abduction, rape and torture of three women, was found dead in his Ohio jail cell, according to a prison official on September 3, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/Files

Ariel Castro, 53, stands between attorneys Craig Weintraub (L) and Jaye Schlachet as his sentence is read to him by judge Michael J. Russo in the courtroom in Cleveland, Ohio in this August 1, 2013 file photo. Castro, the Cleveland man sentenced to life in prison for the abduction, rape and torture of three women, was found dead in his Ohio jail cell, according to a prison official on September 3, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/Files

Michelle Knight listens as Ariel Castro speaks during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Knight was the first woman abducted Castro in 2002 and made a victim's statement at the sentencing. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Michelle Knight, center, wearing glasses, arrives at Ariel Castro's home in Cleveland, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. Castro held Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus captive for nearly a decade at this property. The house was torn down on Wednesday as part of a deal that spared Castro a possible death sentence. He was sentenced last week to life in prison plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Marvin Fong)

Workers demolish the house where three women were held captive and raped for more than a decade, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, in Cleveland. Authorities want to make sure the rubble isn't sold online as "murderabilia," though no one died there. The house was torn down as part of a deal that spared Ariel Castro a possible death sentence. He was sentenced last week to life in prison plus 1,000 years. Castro apologized but blamed his addiction to pornography. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

An FBI agent watches as the house where three women were held captive and raped for more than a decade is being demolished Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, in Cleveland. Authorities want to make sure the rubble isn't sold online as "murderabilia," though no one died there. The house was torn down as part of a deal that spared Ariel Castro a possible death sentence. He was sentenced last week to life in prison plus 1,000 years. Castro apologized but blamed his addiction to pornography. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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These undated file handout photos provided by the FBI show Amanda Berry, left, and Georgina "Gina" Dejesus. For DeJesus, Berry and Michelle Knight, who were freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house on Monday, May 6, 2013, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery _ from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring reentry into a world much different than the one they were snatched from a decade ago. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

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