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DonViejo

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Tue May 7, 2013, 12:38 PM May 2013

Son of accused had written about missing Cleveland teen

The case of the three Cleveland women freed from a home years after they went missing took another strange turn with news that the son of one of the men arrested had written a news article about one of the women years ago.

Ariel Castro, 52, was arrested Monday in Cleveland after a frantic 911 call led police to the three women and a 6-year-old in his home. Two of Castro's

His son, Ariel "Anthony" Castro, had written an article about the case of Gina DeJesus in 2004, weeks after she disappeared while walking home from school.

"This is beyond comprehension. ... I'm truly stunned right now," Anthony Castro, 31, told WKYC-TV.

Anthony Castro said he was a journalism student at Bowling Green State University when he wrote the article for the Plain Press in Cleveland. Chuck Hoven, editor of the Plain Press, now and at that time, confirmed that Castro was a college student, writing the story on a class assignment.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/07/castro-son-berry-dejesus/2140721/

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Son of accused had written about missing Cleveland teen (Original Post) DonViejo May 2013 OP
So, the huge question that reporters DID NOT ask is: Ariel, in the past 10 years did you Nay May 2013 #1
If it is ever revealed that he definitely knew something... Blue_Tires May 2013 #2

Nay

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1. So, the huge question that reporters DID NOT ask is: Ariel, in the past 10 years did you
Tue May 7, 2013, 03:13 PM
May 2013

ever visit your father and uncles at their home? Did you notice anything odd?



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