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Aggravated murder. >> reporter: an initial police incident report says one of the women, michelle knight, became pregnant at least five times during her captivity and castro starved her, punched her repeatedly until she miscarried. amanda berry was able to give birth to her baby and castro forced knight to deliver it according to the report. knight gave the baby cpr when it stopped breathing. investigators sift through 200 pieces of evidence taken out of house of horrors, one in particular getti...

Ariel castro is facing the possibility of murder charges for the death of his victims unborn children. for the first time ariel castro stood before the bar of justice. >> mr. castro stand before you a captive, in captivity, prisoner. >> reporter: castro, 52-year-old former bus driver was charged with rape and kidnapping for allegedly abducting three women and holding them prisoner for a decade. castro bit his collar, held his head down and signed documents with his hands and the judge set bail a...

Actions. as crow, the man accused of kidnapping three women in cleveland, ohio and keeping them in captivity for a decade. meanwhile were hearing tonight from ariel castros family. they are begging for forgiveness. heres castros mother talking to telemundo in a tearful plea for her son. [ speaking spanish ] >> this comes as the search continues at castros home. cnn has obtain tonight exexclusive images of castros backyard. fbi investigators, we can tell you, have been digging for evidence agains...

Extra strcrutiny to the applicants? they call it inappropriate and added an investigation is on going. it has been 645 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? the treasury department reported that the u.s. government ran a budget surplus of $113 billion in april, $54 billion more than the same month last year and the biggest monthly surplus in five years. a chilling picture continues to emerge tonight of who ariel castro is. and the abuse his ...

He talks about killing himself and then taking, leaving all the money that he saved up to what he calls my victims. >> and that, scott, is truly by star he would leave money to them. well talk more about that in a moment. martin, what else have they found in the home? you mentioned a lot of other things. tlfb 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 s...

Would be given for some kind of aggravated murder involved with a kidnapping. thats how hes getting at it right now. what that really means its not year. we do know from the incident report that one of the captive women, michele knight was pregnant five times and she was forced to abort the child. could that be what the prosecutor is talking about? could those unborn children, if there are any, lead to possible death penalty? i guess thats what well see in the weeks and months ahead as the prose...

Their nearly decade long captivity. jessica christianson, sadly, knows this firsthand. she was abducted in 19 95. for three and a half months jessica was held hostage by someone known for her family. she was 13 years old at the time. jessica suffered physical, mental, and sexual abuse from her kidnapper, and she was rescued only when someone noticed her abductor ask called police. jessica mulliver christianson joins us now. good morning, jessica. thank you so much for being with us. >> good morn...

Each case. >> reporter: with four cases against him, that means his bond is $8 million. his defense attorney says he doesnt have any money. castro doesnt respond as she speaks to him. the prosecutor has plenty to say about how castro allegedly treated amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight while they were held in his house. >> while in captivity there were repeated beatings. they were bound. they were restrained. sexually assaulted, basically never free to leave this residence. >> report...

The moment when she found out he had been arrested. >> it was like everything scratch e crashed down. i just wanted to melt into the floor. i have no problem cutting him out of my life. no problem doing that i never want to see him again. >> well have more of that emotional, exclusive interview with ariel castros daughter in a few moments from now. now for more on castros arraignment, an eerie, first look into the back beyond a reasonable doubt of his home along with his dark past. live to pam r...

Of emotionalism. she was blaming her murder on domestic violence which is like bill ayers blaming his problems on the war. >> greg: the prosecutor decided apparently jodi arias blea bar a bargained. she said she would take second degree murder which is 15 to 25. they said no way. they were going for it. juan marpt national weather marr attorney general going forward. final thoughts? >> whereas the switch? >> greg: you flip it? > >> dana: pro bono. i would fly out to phoenix on my own dime and fl...