Ariel Castro, suspect in Cleveland missing women case, had been accused of attacking his former wife

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By John Caniglia, The Plain Dealer
on May 07, 2013 at 2:35 PM, updated May 07, 2013 at 3:10 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Before Ariel Castro was accused of holding three women captive for at least a decade, he was accused of attacking his former wife, Grimilda Figueroa.

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.’’

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/05/ariel_castro_suspect_in_clevel.html

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1. How did someone denied joint custody

of his children get away with abducting them and keeping them away from their mother? Why wasn't he arrested for that? This man obviously despises women,I dread what we will find out about what happened to these women .

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2. Figueroa probably declined to press charges.

It seems they kept them in pretty terrible conditions based on the physical descriptions of Amanda Berry and that they were subjected to sexual assaults. I'm a little surprised that they were released from the hospital after just a single night, you would think they would want to keep them longer for observation given that they were likely denied access to medical treatment for about a decade.

There's a lot here that we still do not know and much that we may never know (which is probably for the better).