Auto-erotic asphyxiation eyed in Ariel Castro death; prison guards falsified logs

[Adam]

Auto-erotic asphyxiation eyed in Ariel Castro death; prison guards falsified logs

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro may have died from auto-erotic asphyxiation, not suicide, and two prison guards falsified logs documenting their observation of him in the hours before he died, the state said Thursday.

Castro's pants and underwear were pulled down to his ankles when he was found, leading the state to forward those facts to the state highway patrol to consider the possibility of auto-erotic asphyxiation, according to the report from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

The report suggests -- but does not conclude -- that Castro may have died as the result of auto-erotic asphyxiation, whereby individuals achieve sexual satisfaction by briefly choking themselves into unconsciousness.

Castro did not leave a suicide note and "multiple levels of assessment" did not find tendency toward suicide, the report said. A comprehensive mental health evaluation found "no evidence of serious mental illness or indications for suicide precautions were present," according to the report.

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Oh for Pete's sake! So he pulled a David Carradine. Good grief.

[gary m]

Auto-erotic asphyxiation eyed in Ariel Castro death; prison guards falsified logs

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro may have died from auto-erotic asphyxiation, not suicide, and two prison guards falsified logs documenting their observation of him in the hours before he died, the state said Thursday.

Castro's pants and underwear were pulled down to his ankles when he was found, leading the state to forward those facts to the state highway patrol to consider the possibility of auto-erotic asphyxiation, according to the report from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

The report suggests -- but does not conclude -- that Castro may have died as the result of auto-erotic asphyxiation, whereby individuals achieve sexual satisfaction by briefly choking themselves into unconsciousness.

Castro did not leave a suicide note and "multiple levels of assessment" did not find tendency toward suicide, the report said. A comprehensive mental health evaluation found "no evidence of serious mental illness or indications for suicide precautions were present," according to the report.

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Oh for Pete's sake! So he pulled a David Carradine. Good grief.

Still dead so no problems here.

[phillygirl]

A comprehensive mental health evaluation found "no evidence of serious mental illness

Really?

But I'm with Gary on this one. Don't care about the hows or the whys on this one.

[Gingersnap]

If true, this is amusing. Once a perv, always a perv, I guess.

[Frostbit]

Somehow I see Masuka from Dexter giving the press conference.

[Adam]

Now they're saying that he didn't pull a Carradine after all.

Meh. Whatever. Sounds like a whiny little bitch to me. His journal entries had complaints like "they neglect me" and whatnot. Sorry, but after keeping three women captive in your basement for ten years, repeatedly raping them, my pity meter is pegged at negative infinity.

[gary m]

Now they're saying that he didn't pull a Carradine after all.

Meh. Whatever. Sounds like a whiny little bitch to me. His journal entries had complaints like "they neglect me" and whatnot. Sorry, but after keeping three women captive in your basement for ten years, repeatedly raping them, my pity meter is pegged at negative infinity.

As long as he is still dead, the cause doesn't really bother me.

[phillygirl]

As long as he is still dead, the cause doesn't really bother me.

Yep. I know, I lose Christian points for that.