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kalikshama -> RE: Missing American women found. (5/9/2013 5:07:11 PM)
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But I believe some of the women knew him as a bus driver (?)
Two of the girls were friends with his daughters:
http://jezebel.com/horror-in-cleveland-why-the-warning-signs-went-ignored-496153353
In 1993 and again in 2005, Castro's former wife, Grimilda Figueroa, accused him of domestic violence and attempting to "abduct" their daughters. The Plain Dealer quotes from the 2005 report:
Figueroa suffered two broken noses, broken ribs, a knocked-out tooth, a blood clot on the brain and two dislocated shoulders, according to a 2005 filing in Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court. Her attorney requested that a judge “keep [Castro] from threatening to kill [Figueroa].’’
Attorney Robert Ferreri said Figueroa “has full custody with no visitation for [Castro]. Nevertheless, [Castro] frequently abducts daughters and keeps them from mother.’’
Castro denied that he was ever abusive, but the allegations made it that much harder to see his daughters. So, it appears, he kidnapped their pals so he could beat and rape them with impunity. His daughters were friends with both Berry and DeJesus; Arlene Castro actually told America's Most Wanted that she was the last person to see DeJesus, her "best friend and classmate," alive.
...we care very much about pretty adolescent girls who disappear into thin air. As we should, of course. But we should also care about men who abuse their wives and children before they go out and find replacements to hide in the basement.
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