Ohio’s attorney general says tests confirm that Ariel Castro is the father of the six-year-old girl who was held captive at his Cleveland home along with Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.
The women and the child emerged from the home Monday, about a decade after the women had disappeared.
Prosecutors said Thursday they may seek the death penalty against Castro, as police charged that he impregnated one of his captives at least five times and then starved her and punched her in the belly until she miscarried.
The horrific allegations were contained in a police report that also said one of the women, Amanda Berry, was forced to give birth in a plastic kiddie pool.
Castro was arraigned Thursday on charges of rape and kidnapping after the three women missing for about a decade were found alive at his home earlier in the week.
Police say the women were apparently bound by ropes and chains at times and were kept in different rooms. They suffered prolonged sexual and psychological abuse and had miscarriages, according to a city official briefed on the case.
Castro has been charged with four counts of kidnapping – covering the captives and the daughter born to Berry – and three counts of rape, against all three women.
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