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>> i know that the state crime lab at this point is testing castros dna and this is a crucial question. can you tell us at this point if you think hes linked to other crimes? >> well, we received about 3:30 today in our bci crime field in richfield the attorney generals crime field the dna profile sample from the defendant. were working tonight right as we speak we will have results back tonight in the morning, by the morning well have a comparison with the 11 or so million dna profiles that are...

Eligible for the death penalty. >> reporter: following arraignment, the prosecutor made it clear additional charges could likely be added. castro already faces four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. >> for each and every act of sexual violence, rape, each day of kidnapping, every felonious assault, all his attempted murders and each aggravated murder. >> reporter: one of the women, michelle knight, became pregnant five times during her captivity and each time castro starved her and ...

To cleveland and dna confirmation of one of the multiple horrors ariel castro is accused of, susan candiotti is in cleveland. susan, what is the latest? >> well, one of the main things we learned today is information that probably wont come as a surprise, jake, to most of us, and that is, there has been a dna match, a preliminary one, to prove that the young child, the 6-year-old daughter of amanda barry is in fact the daughter of ariel castro, the man charged in this case. the prosecutor -- the...

Strange aspects about her time in captivity is shes forgotten how to speak spanish, how to understand spanish, is that right? >> yeah, that is -- thats the case. this is what happened when i was invited into the home, which i was, by nancy. i was invited into her home. i was doing a live shot and right in between my live shot, a family member comes over and says nancy wants you to come to the house, so i told my station, i cant finish the live shot, nancys calling me. so i go over there and i sa...

Regularly through the ten-year period, even bringing apparently this young girl that was born into captivity to church, where the family were. really creepy, chilling behavior. how do they feel about that aspect of it? >> well, interesting, i did talk to nancy about it, and some of the relatives, and they told me that he actually appeared at the vigils that they were at because she had nine of them, and he would just stand there like concerned along with everyone else, and they -- they were conc...

Period, even bringing apparently this young girl that was born into captivity to church, where the family were. really creepy, chilling behavior. how do they feel about that aspect of it? >> well, interesting, i did talk to nancy about it, and some of the relatives, and they told me that he actually appeared at the vigils that they were at because she had nine of them, and he would just stand there like concerned along with everyone else, and they -- they were concerned. when i initially talked ...

Things. there were reports earlier that there were, there were chains, there were signs of captivity. what else do you understand has been found? >> reporter: well, youre right. or you are correct, i should say that what they found inside the house and this came from the chief of police. they found ropes and chains. you can try to figure out how they might have been used and there are all sorts of horrible ways but they wouldnt go into the specifics of that. and things taken, mattresses from the...

These exclusive pictures obtained by cnn give us the first glimpse into ariel castros backyard. though much of it is obscured by tarps you can see junk strewn all around and this eerie image of a white cross spotted by a neighbor. at his first court appearance, castro looked despondent repeatedly looking down and seemingly making eye contact with no one. >> we evaluate whether to seek charges eligible for the death penalty. >> reporter: following his arraignment, cuyahoga county prosecutor tim m...

>> were going to talk to two people, garrett tuckman is going to talk to two people, who say they actually witnessed the vehicle and ariel castro picking up gina dejesus back then. that will be coming up. scott taylor, appreciate it. pamela brown, mark savage, appreciate all of your hard work today. a judge today ordered that castro be held on $8 million bond, $2 million for each of the three women and the other child that was born in captivity. sunny, i mean, $8 million bail, he would have to r...

In captivity is shes forgotten how to speak spanish, how to understand spanish, is that right? >> yeah, that is -- thats the case. this is what happened when i was invited into the home, which i was, by nancy. i was invited into her home. i was doing a live shot and right in between my live shot, a family member comes over and says nancy wants you to come to the house, so i told my station, i cant finish the live shot, nancys calling me. so i go over there and i say hi to nancy. she takes me in ...