U-Ariel Castro, owavalela abesifazane emzini wakhe eCleveland, e-Ohio, ushonile ngemuva kokutholakala elenga esitokisini sakhe.
Izikhulu zejele zithi ushonele esibhedlela ngoLwesibili ebusuku, ngemuva kokuthi abasebenzi basejele behlulekile ukumvusa.
UCastro, 53, ubambe abesifazane abathathu ngokungafuni kwabo isikhathi esingangeminyaka eyishumi kwaze kwaba nguMeyi walo nyaka. Wagcina izisulu zakhe ziboshwe ngamaketanga futhi wazidlwengula.
Wagwetshwa ngomhlaka-1 Agasti udilikajele ngaphandle koshwele kanye neminyaka eyinkulungwane. Indlu yadilizwa.
Lowo owayengumshayeli webhasi lesikole wathunjwa uMichelle Knight, 32, Amanda Berry, 27, kanye noGina DeJesu, 23, emigwaqweni yaseCleveland phakathi kuka-2002-04.
Okhulumela uMnyango Wokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo nokuHlunyeleliswa kwezimilo e-Ohio, uJoEllen Smith, uthe: “Ugcinwe esitokisini okusho ukuthi ubeyedwa esitokisini futhi kudingeka ukuthi ajeziswe njalo ngemizuzu engu-30 ngezikhathi ezithize.
“Ngesikhathi bethola isiboshwa uCastro, abasebenzi bezempilo basejele baqala ukwenza izindlela zokusindisa impilo. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba ethuthelwe [esikhungweni sezokwelapha sasejele] lapho kwatholakala ukuthi ushonile ngo-10:52 ebusuku.”
“Kusaqhubeka ukubuyekezwa kwalesi sigameko,” engeza.
UCastro ufakwe esitokisini sokuzivikela ngenxa yodumo lwecala lakhe, kodwa ubengekho ewashini lokuzibulala.
U-Gina DeJesu wayeneminyaka engu-14 ubudala lapho enyamalala. U-Amanda Berry wayeneminyaka engu-16, noMichelle Knight, 21. UCastro uphinde wazala ingane no-Amanda Berry, owatakulwa ngemuva kokuba eqe endlini wathinta amaphoyisa.
UCastro waboshwa ngalo lolo suku. Ubekwe amacala amaningi okuthumba, ukudlwengula nelokubulala ngesihluku.
Ngesikhathi egwetshwa, uCastro watshela inkantolo ukuthi “ubeqhutshwa ucansi”, wengeza ngokuthi: “Angisona isilo esinodlame… angisiyo inunu, ngingumuntu ojwayelekile.
“Ngiyagula nje. Ngiwumlutha wotshwala, njengoba nje umlutha wotshwala umlutha.
Uthe ubengakaze ahlele ukuthumba laba besifazane, kodwa wavele wazenzela umathanda ngesikhathi ethumba isisulu sakhe sokuqala. Wathi “wayezisola ngempela” ngalokho ayekwenzile.
Kodwa likhipha isigwebo, iJaji uMichael Russo litshele uCastro ukuthi ayikho indawo emhlabeni yabantu abagqilaza abanye.
UCastro uwavumile amacala angu-937 ahlobene nezisulu zakhe, okubalwa nenqwaba yokudlwengula.
Isivumelwano nabashushisi samvikela ekugwetshweni ukufa ngokubulala.
Esitatimendeni esithinta izisulu esenziwe enkantolo ekhipha isigwebo, uNkz Knight utshele ukuthi umthumbi wabo wayeya kanjani esontweni njalo ngeSonto, ngaphambi kokufika ekhaya "ukuzohlukumeza" abesifazane.
“Ngachitha iminyaka engu-11 esihogweni. Manje isihogo sakho sisaqala,” kusho yena. “Uzobhekana nesihogo ingunaphakade.
“Kusukela kulo mzuzu kuqhubeke, ngeke ngikuvumele ukuthi ungichaze, noma uthinte ukuthi ngingubani. Ngizoqhubeka ngiphila, uzofa kancane nsuku zonke."
Uyena yedwa isisulu esakhuluma mathupha ekuqulweni kwecala.
UCastro wathumba laba abathathu phakathi kuka-2002-04.
Waheha omunye wabo emzini wakhe ngesithembiso somdlwane, wabe eseyenga omunye ngokummema ukuba ahlangane nendodakazi yakhe.
Ijaji lavala uCastro ukuthi angalokothi abone indodakazi, manje eneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala.
Engxoxweni ngenyanga edlule ngemuva kokugwetshwa kwakhe, abameli bakaCastro bathi wafaka igama lomuntu onokuphazamiseka kwengqondo. Bazwakalise ukuthi banethemba lokuthi abacwaningi bazomcwaninga ukuze bathole imikhondo engasetshenziswa ukuvimba ezinye izilwane ezidla ezinye.
Laba besifazane abathathu beqa emzini kaCastro ngomhlaka-6 Meyi, ngesikhathi u-Amanda Berry egqekeza isicabha ememeza omakhelwane ecela usizo.
Laba abanye besifazane ababili babethukile kangangokuthi baqale bangabaza ukuphuma endlini naphezu kokuthi kwakukhona inqwaba yamaphoyisa.
“Usisindisile! Usindisile!” UMichelle Knight, utshele iphoyisa ngesikhathi ligijima ligona izingalo zalo.
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