Final report confirms suicide of Ohio kidnapper by hanging weeks after beginning life sentence
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows Ariel Castro in the courtroom during the sentencing phase in Cleveland. Castro committed suicide when he hanged himself in his cell, two nationally regarded corrections consultants concluded following a review of his death released Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, rejecting earlier suggestions he may have died accidentally while seeking a sexual thrill. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) (The Associated Press)
Police have concluded that Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro committed suicide by hanging weeks into a life sentence with no chance for parole.
The final report by the Ohio State Highway Patrol rejects a suggestion that the 53-year-old Castro might have died accidentally while seeking a thrill through a sex act. Prison consultants reached the same conclusion.
The report released Wednesday includes a copy of a note titled "My kids and grandkids" with 12 handwritten names interspersed with hand-drawn hearts, musical notes, flowers and a cross.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The report also includes a copy of a second note with several handwritten Bible quotes.
Castro, who killed himself Sept. 3 in prison, was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years after pleading guilty to abducting and imprisoning three women in Cleveland for a decade.