綁架囚禁三名女性的俄亥俄州男子自縊身亡

Prison officials in Ohio say the man who held three women captive for over a decade has been found dead.

Ariel Castro was found hanging in his prison cell late Tuesday night. Officials say the 53-year-old Castro was taken to nearby hospital for emergency treatment, where he was pronounced dead.

The former school bus driver was arrested in May after one of his female captives escaped from his Cleveland home and ran to neighbors for help. Authorities say he kidnapped the women separately between 2002 and 2004, and raped them repeatedly during their captivity. One of the women gave birth to Castro's daughter.

Castro pleaded guilty last month to over 900 criminal charges, including kidnapping and rape.

Castro was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.美國俄亥俄州的監獄官員說，將三名女子囚禁10多年的男子阿里爾•卡斯特羅自縊死亡。

星期二晚上，阿里爾.卡斯特羅被發現在囚室中自縊。有關官員說，53歲的卡斯特羅被送往附近一家醫院搶救，隨後在醫院死亡。

卡斯特羅曾是校車司機，被他囚禁的一名女子逃出他在克利夫蘭的住所，向鄰居求救，隨後他於5月被逮捕。有關當局說，卡斯特羅在2002年至2004年期間綁架了這三名女子，並在囚禁她們期間屢次對其進行強姦。其中一名女子生下了卡斯特羅的女兒。
上個月，卡斯特羅對900多項指控表示認罪，其中包括綁架和強姦。

卡斯特羅被判終身監禁，並不得假釋。