The Spectacle. What it is, others on the street said, was a spectacle that brings in onlookers from around the country. Rose said he has seen countless out-of-state license plates, and some from Canada, on cars as they cruised down the street. The field and the street have found their way onto many people's macabre lists of must-see Cleveland attractions.
A woman visited the city with her family from Baltimore in the summer of , before the homes were torn down, and among photographs she posted to Facebook of her and her family at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cedar Point were three photographs of the boarded-up and fenced-in home that was the site of so much grief and pain for the women.
Two years later, in July , another Facebook user posted a photograph of the street signs at the corner of Seymour Avenue and Scranton Road with the caption, "Look where I was. In May of , a woman uploaded a video on YouTube of her visit to Castro's home as part of what she called her "serial killer, true crime obsession. She spoke in the car ride over to Seymour. She forgot DeJesus's and Knight's names.
As the car rolled up to the field, she realized that the home had been torn down and was visibly upset. She opened the passenger door before the driver fully stopped the car and walked toward the planted flowers. They are used to it. And they're tired of it. We're just normal like everybody else. We want to raise our children to be as productive as possible. Even after the trial, it's not clear what will happen to the house.
The Daily Beast reports that Castro last paid real-estate taxes for the house in , and that it was marked for foreclosure in May.
Castro most likely doesn't have the money to pay for the house's demolition, which means Cleveland taxpayers would probably be on the hook for the bill. If officials leave the house standing, there is no law in Ohio requiring sellers to tell buyers whether a violent crime was committed on the premises.
Neighbor Carla Smith told The Daily Beast that she thinks the city should turn the house into a memorial with a "plaque saying 'Hope for the three girls,' because all they had was hope and prayer. That I was physically at the house two weeks ago while that was going on, it's a lot to grasp," he said. Police are yet to release any pictures from the inside of the property, but one law enforcement official has described the conditions there as "abysmal at best". Media reports also suggest that the authorities have discovered chains and tape inside the house allegedly used to restrain the women.
A police report suggests the women were all initially kept chained in the cellar, but eventually allowed to live on the second floor of the house. One report cites the victims as saying the "big inside door" of the home was usually locked when Mr Castro went out. On Monday, he apparently forgot to lock it as he went to a nearby McDonald's. Even so, Amanda Berry was afraid to break open the locked storm door because "she thought Ariel Castro was testing her," said the police report.
Instead, she tried to get the attention of neighbours to help; her screams were heard by Charles Ramsey who lived across the street and came to the rescue. Police say officers were sent to the house twice, in and In March , Ariel Castro reported a fight on the street - but no arrests were made. In January police went to the address after Mr Castro, then a school bus driver, reportedly left a child on a bus.
No-one appeared to be in the house. An investigation later found no criminal intent by Mr Castro, police told local news site Cleveland.
Police photographs showed two rooms in which Ms Berry and her child - fathered by Castro - were sometimes kept, with Disney film posters tacked to the pink walls, stuffed animals lined up on the bed.
Ariel Castro's home: it looked like a normal house from the outside. Credit: Getty Images. In horrifying contrast, rusted iron chains were found on the floor and the windows boarded with heavy wooden planks. The women were rarely given access to the bathroom, instead having to relieve themselves in plastic buckets that were "emptied infrequently", according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors told the court how Castro kept a "significant amount of cash" in a basement washing machine, which he would then throw at the victims after raping them. Gruesome scene: chains and locks are pictured in Ariel Castro's house. Credit: Reuters. Ariel Castro breaks down while talking about the child that he fathered with Amada Berry as he addresses the court while seated between attorneys.
Based on diary entries, police told of how the women were chained to poles in the basement, or to a bedroom heater, or kept in a van for days on end.
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