7 horrifying details from the Cleveland abduction police report

The media has gotten ahold of the initial police write-up of interviews with Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight. It's an ugly tale

The house where, on May 6, three women who had disappeared approximately 10 years ago were found alive.
(Image credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, Cleveland police charged Ariel Castro, 52, with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape for his alleged decade-long incarceration of three young women: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight. Castro's brothers Pedro and Onil weren't charged, police said, because there's no evidence they knew about the kidnappings.

We have already gotten a sickening glimpse of what went on inside Ariel Castro's house, but local Cleveland TV stations and several newspapers have since gotten ahold of the initial police report, which includes early interviews with the three escaped women. "Obviously it's awful," says Laura Beck at Jezebel. Here, seven details from the Castro police report and other new revelations:

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.