Cleveland Kidnapper Wanted Victims to Escape: Lawyer

One year later, the attorney of Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who held three girls captive for 10 years, including his daughter said his desire for her to live a normal life is what convinced him to release the girls. "It wasn't going well any longer. His daughter was at an age that she should not be in the house anymore," attorney Craig Weintraub said. According to his exclusive interview with NBC affiliate WKYC in Cleveland, his love for the girl was so strong that he dismissed thoughts of killing the women because of how it might affect his daughter.

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