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Prison staffers say they found castro hanging in cell last night. coroner says it looks like he used a bed sheet to hang himself. he was in protective custody they checked him every 30 minutes but he was not on suicide watch. prison staffers and state police are investigating how this happened. last month judge sentenced him to the rest of his life in prison plus 1,000 years after pleading guilty to holding three women captive for a decade raping them, starching them, forcing one to have multiple miscarriages. that survivor michelle knight spoke at castro's sentencing and described her years a...

[ crows ] now where's the snooze button? >> shepard: when an asthma attack left a woman unconscious they tried to revive her but couldn't they left her. she was 20 years old. her mom says she really doesn't understand why her friends didn't take her to a hospital. >> i can't imagine what they were thinking. it is heart-breaking. >> police say so far they have caught one suspect. he faces charges including concealing a death and abandoning a body. a public health warning tonight in new hampshire. officials there report surgeons may are unwittingly exposed several people to a rare brain disease ...

And this is a human being who who was very sick and we all agree was evil to certain degree and had a lot of psychological issues. this isn't something to necessarily celebrate. >> castro was not in a permanent prison. he had been transferred from the lorain correctional facility. that is one of the most crowded prisons in the state. the staff determined he was at risk there due to his notoriety. shep? >> shepard: mike, one of castro's former neighbors said today he took the coward's way out. and added: we're sad to hear that he is dead but at the same time, we're happy he is gone. prosecutors...

Around his chemical weapons and the ability to launch those weapons. there is nothing in the current plans that would cause the pentagon to go after the storage facilities. most of which are deeply under ground. general dempsey explained how the pentagon planners are watching all this movement. >> they are, in fact, moving resources around and in some cases placing prisoners and others in places that they believe we might target. at this point our intelligence is keeping up with that movement. at this point one pentagon planner said they move it we watch it. nothing in the plan to prevent thos...

Of course, no dogs never. steve harrigan live in nalcrest tonight. steve? >> shepard, dogs are, in fact, banned from the town. fedex drivers sometimes get dirty looks. even email is frowned upon. >> llv. long life vehicle. that's what we use for most of the routes. >> 752 residents of nalcrest florida are former letter carriers for the u.s. postal service. >> it's unique because no one is better than another person. there is no competing with the joneses. >> at the town's post office, old timers tell how they used horses on their routes. >> a couple times a horse stopped at the sliewn. is a sa...