US prison officials have confirmed that Ariel Castro – the man responsible for holding three women captive for a decade – has been found dead in jail.
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Officials tried to resuscitate the 53 year old but efforts failed.
He had been serving a jail term of life plus 1,000 years following his guilty plea to 937 counts including kidnapping and rape.
The three women – who disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004 – escaped in May.
