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September 4th, 2013
09:56 PM ET

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro's family shocked by death

52-year-old Ariel Castro, convicted last month of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for a decade, was found in his cell Tuesday night after hanging himself with a bedsheet.

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro dead: commits suicide in prison

Prison medical staff tried to revive him, but it was too late. He was pronounced dead at 10:52 pm.

CNN's Martin Savidge is outfront with more.


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