Ariel Castro Commits Suicide In Prison

CNN) - Ariel Castro, who was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years for kidnapping, Molesting and holding captive three women, was found hanging in his prison cell Tuesday night. Authorities found Castro, 52, hanging in his cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, about 9:20 p.m., the state's Department of Corrections said. Prison medical staff tried to revive him but failed. Castro was taken to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m. Castro's brother-in-law, Juan Alicea, told CNN that the family was notified by the warden about 1 a.m. The family is angry, Alicea said, that it learned about the death from media reports first. Castro was not a part of the general prison population, officials said. "He was housed in protective custody which means he was in a cell by himself and rounds are required every 30 minutes at staggered intervals," JoEllen Smith of the corrections department told CNN in a statement. "A thorough review of this incident is underway," she added. No place in the world In handing down a sentence last month, Judge Michael Russo told the kidnapper there was no place in the world for his brand of criminal. www.cnn.com CNN's Martin Savidge and Kait Richmond contributed to this