The Lost Girls (41 page)

The shack in Duey where Ariel Castro was born. (Courtesy John Glatt)

Ariel Castro was one of the top Latin bassists in Cleveland and often played with his best friend Tito DeJesus, who is pictured bottom left. (Courtesy Tito DeJesus)<\p>

Ariel Castro and other Latin performers at a show in Cleveland. (Courtesy Tito DeJesus)

When he started going bald, vain Ariel Castro shaved his head. (Courtesy Tito DeJesus)

Most Saturday nights Castro would perform with various salsa bands at Belinda’s Club. (Courtesy John Glatt)

Castro’s house at 2207 Seymour Avenue, where he kept his three prisoners for more than a decade. (Courtesy Dan Callister)

Lillian Roldan pictured inside 2207 Seymour Avenue in 2002 with Castro, who she dated for more than three years. (Courtesy Lillian Roldan)

Lillian shows off her matching tattoo that she got with Castro as a show of their love. (Courtesy Lillian Roldan)

During their three year relationship, Lillian often spent the night at 2207 Seymour Avenue, totally unaware that Michelle Knight was imprisoned there. (Courtesy John Glatt)

Amanda Berry before she was kidnapped. (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)

Castro kidnapped Gina DeJesus after seeing her outside school with his youngest daughter Arlene, who was her best friend. (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)

Ariel Castro’s aunt Monserrate Baez, who knew him as a young boy, still lives in Duey. (Courtesy John Glatt)

Just days after abducting Gina, Castro wrote out a confession letter, describing himself as “a sexual predator.” (Courtesy The Cuyahoga County District Attorney’s Office)