The Ohio man suspected of kidnapping Amanda Berry and two other women for a decade faces 329 charges and the death penalty, BBC News reported.
Ariel Castro, 52, is accused of kidnapping Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight between 2002 and 2004, and keeping them hostage at his home in Cleveland until Berry escaped last month.
Castro now faces hundreds of charges: 177 counts of kidnapping, 139 counts of rape, 2 counts of aggravated murder for forcing abortions. With the three women was Amanda Berry’s six-year-old daughter that Castro fathered.
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But those charges are not the worst of it. For aggravated murder, Castro could face the death penalty. Officials said the investigation is still underway, according to USA Today, meanwhile Castro is being held on $8 million bail.
