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There is something more to the story with Michelle's family.....there has to be. She does not want to see her mother, does not want to go home to her family after being held captive by an animal and enduring a decade of horrific and sadistic abuse. What happened to her when after all of that she does not want to go home, does not even want to see her mother?
The horror what these girls have lived through has shaken me. But Michelle haunts me the most. She was gang raped a year before her abduction and gave birth to a a child of rape that was taken from her by the courts for something her stepfather did? Then she endures THIS? The media gave her disappearance almost no attention, mom couldn't be found to communicate with so she was removed from the missing persons database within a year and a half as if no one cared, like she was persona non grata. She ends up being his "personal punching bag" and target for even more abuse than the other two? She needs facial reconstruction, has hearing loss, 5 violently induced abortions, and cognitive delays?
And now apparently she does not feel connected enough to her family (for whatever reasons) to go home to heal around unconditional love and comfort? Apparently she does not feel that she will find that with them.
How much can one person take? I'd be on a psych ward I think. My heart aches for all of them, but I am just haunted by what has happened around Michelle.
Not sure if this has been posted, but some of the details here have left me gobsmacked! Chilling that he was grooming his 6 year old daughter because the others were getting too old for him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ion-including-hearing-loss-muscle-damage.html
I'm not sure how crazy this guy is. As long as he lived like he wanted and had complete control, he managed just fine, but now that he has lost that control, he's probably coming inhinged...but not in a legally incompetent kind of way. Just full of rage and frustration that he can't live like he wants. You're right about him being a control freak though. And IMO, he really, really hates females, especially adult women. It's a good thing these women got out when they did, because considering their ages, he might have killed them and moved on to young girls.Hi everyone! new here but been reading a long time. so I hope no-one minds me jumping in and putting my thoughts out here.
but I just wanted to say 9 out of 10 times I do think its an act but regarding AC I really don't think it is. I truly believe this guy is nuts and might just be this cra. And with him being in such control over others for so long and then losing that power might be making him.lose it all together. its hard for an abuser when they lose that control. but if it is and act then he is doing it all wrong. jall/prison gards. have seen it all. p.s sorry for spelling airs am on a phone...ugh need my lap top back lol
I don't see how a defense attorney can objectively represent Castro. I would advise him to plead guilty and spare these women so they do not have to relive a decade of abuse. I don't like it when someone is tried in the media, however, in this case, it's obvious to me this sick man is guilty.
Now this just makes me mad. Ok, so the law didn't take care of her, (no surprise there), but this is where the family can't claim ignorance. They saw this woman and knew what was happening. Why didn't they do something? Form a crowd and march to the court house and demand an arrest and protection? If my daughter or sister or cousin was treated like this, I wouldn't take it laying down. And if the man later got caught committing horrible crimes against girls and women, I wouldn't act all surprised. And when his daughter was convicted for trying to kill her baby, how many family members spoke on her behalf? and tried to explain the horror that she was raised around I don't understand this at all.The Other Cleveland Victim: How Ariel Castro Got a Pass on Beating His Wife
http://observer.com/2013/05/the-other-cleveland-victim-castros-late-wife/
Thats why you are not an attorney. You wouldn't make any money as a lawyer. Lawyers don't make any real money advising their clients to plead guilty. Castro is going to be this scum bucket lawyer's pay check for the next 20 years at least. He is going to milk this case for everything it's worth.
Not sure if this has been posted, but some of the details here have left me gobsmacked! Chilling that he was grooming his 6 year old daughter because the others were getting too old for him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324731/It-like-prisoners-war-Cleveland-women-suffer-injuries-severe-malnutrition-including-hearing-loss-muscle-damage.html
This isn't about money; this is about having time to evaluate the case. Besides which, no lawyer is going to get rich representing Castro. He likely doesn't have the funds. It's most likely to be someone court appointed, and you don't often recoup all that you put into court appointed cases anyway.
so, this attorney doesn't think Castro is a monster? How dare he make such ridiculous statements. He spoke to him for what? 3 hours? try being chained up in his basement for 10 years, and see how you like him. And according to Castro, Michelle wasn't fit to be a parent, because she was mentally disabled? Now, that's almost laughable...the only mentally disabled person involved in this whole ordeal, is Castro himself.Not sure if this has been posted, but some of the details here have left me gobsmacked! Chilling that he was grooming his 6 year old daughter because the others were getting too old for him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324731/It-like-prisoners-war-Cleveland-women-suffer-injuries-severe-malnutrition-including-hearing-loss-muscle-damage.html
I understand he has a job to do, (my brother is an attorney, so I don't despise them), but as far as trying to rehabilitate Castro's image? He might as well give it up. He would be better off just not saying anything. All his statement about Castro not being a monster did, was reinforce how cunning he is. If he could trick this educated adult into thinking he's an alright fella, what effect would this wolf in sheep's clothing have on a young girl? Really,this statement just made him seem like more of a monster.It is about money. The lawyer will continue to get paid as long as he is working on the case. Unless he is donating his time. Which is highly unlikely.
If the lawyer's client pleads guilty, and doesn't plan any appeals, thats it, case over. The lawyer gets his final check. But if the client pleads not guilty and fights the charges, and then appeals again and again. The lawyer can keep getting paid forever.
Room air conditioners fit in windows, and I highly doubt he had a fancy outdoor unit for whole house air. Small thing I guess considering what else was going on, but damn, that had to be brutal upstairs with hot air rising.Well either they were suffocating in there in the Summer or maybe he had air conditioning, or some type of ventilation system. Because all the windows were all closed up in the summer.
The Other Cleveland Victim: How Ariel Castro Got a Pass on Beating His Wife
http://observer.com/2013/05/the-other-cleveland-victim-castros-late-wife/
I might be in the minority around here, but I totally do not believe he left anything unlocked on purpose. I don't think he had any intention of letting them go. Ever.
And while I'm at it, it's total rubbish that he felt any kind of guilt or remorse about taking Gina because of her age. Look how much damage he did to her! It makes me sick to hear his attorneys trying to defend him and to know they are going to put these girls through even more torture. I don't know how they (Castro's attorneys) can sleep at night. :stormingmad:
That's really not how defense attorneys work.
Wow, they put that huge fence up all around the entire house to keep people out as well as boarding up all the windows.
I understand he has a job to do, (my brother is an attorney, so I don't despise them), but as far as trying to rehabilitate Castro's image? He might as well give it up. He would be better off just not saying anything. All his statement about Castro not being a monster did, was reinforce how cunning he is. If he could trick this educated adult into thinking he's an alright fella, what effect would this wolf in sheep's clothing have on a young girl? Really,this statement just made him seem like more of a monster.
Looks like the huvel that Jaycee Dugard lived in....