Friday, May 10, 2013

CNN exclusive: 'We don't have monster in our blood,' says Ohio suspect's daughter

UPDATED: 00:54 AM EDT 05.10.13
One of the daughters of an Ohio man accused of holding three women
against their will for the better part of a decade said Thursday that
pieces of her father's life she didn't understand are falling into
place.
Angie Gregg recalled strange things she noticed over the years, such
as how her father kept his house locked tight, or disappeared during
dinner with no explanation.
He took forever to answer the door and never wanted to leave the house
for more than a day. Sometimes when Gregg was over, he'd have the
music turned up loud.
"I never suspected anything was going on, but the more I sit and dwell
on it, I think of things that make a whole lot of sense now," she told
CNN.
"It's all adding up, and I'm just disgusted; I'm horrified."
Gregg's father is Ariel Castro, who is in jail on kidnapping and rape
charges in the case of three long-missing women.
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Amanda Berry, 27; Georgina "Gina" DeJesus, 23; and Michelle Knight, 32
-- and a 6-year-old daughter born to Berry in captivity -- were found
alive this week in Cleveland.
The women are believed to have been abducted years ago -- in 2002,
2003 and 2004 -- and held captive at Castro's home.
Gregg said that when she first heard the news about her father, she
"just wanted to die."
"It was like everything crashed down, like I just wanted to melt into
the floor," she said.
Gregg has no doubt in her mind that her father is guilty and says she
has no problem cutting him out of her life: "I never want to see him
again."
Asked what she wants people to know, she said she hopes they can
understand her father's actions are not a reflection of her family.
"They're definitely not a reflection of myself or my children. We
don't have monster in our blood," she said, describing what's happened
to them as like a horror movie.
"It's like watching a bad movie ... only we're in it," she said.
"We're, you know, the main characters."
Gregg said she never saw signs of the 6-year-old at her father's
house, and that she never saw her with him.
But about two months ago, he showed her a picture in his cell phone.
Gregg asked who it was.
Her father told her that the girl was his girlfriend's child by somebody else.
"I figured at the most he had an illegitimate child out there, you
know, and I would find out eventually," Gregg said.
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