Demolition Set for Ohio House in Kidnapping Case

(AP) Demolition set for Ohio house in kidnapping case
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN
Associated Press
CLEVELAND
The house where three women were held captive and raped over a decade faces demolition Wednesday morning in Cleveland.

The house will be torn down 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.

One of the women imprisoned there, Michelle Knight, showed up early Wednesday before the demolition began. She made a brief statement and released some balloons.

Prosecutors say Ariel Castro cried when he signed over the house deed and mentioned his “many happy memories” there with the women. The women escaped May 6 when one of them broke part of a door and yelled for help.

Google Earth has already blurred out a satellite image of the house, before the demolition even occurred.