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Ariel Castro was charged with kidnap and rape
The man accused of imprisoning three women for about a decade in the US city of Cleveland has made his first court appearance.
Ariel Castro, 52, is charged with kidnap and rape.
Bail was set at $2m (£1.3m) for each charge of kidnap, a total of $8m. He did not enter a plea.
Mr Castro, handcuffed and dressed in blue overalls, remained silent and looked down while lawyers spoke to the judge.
The police detained two of Mr Castro's brothers, Pedro and Onil, but later said they appeared to have no involvement in the crime.
They instead face misdemeanour charges of drinking in public. Onil Castro also faces an additional drug abuse charge.
The women were abducted at different times and held in Mr Castro's house. One woman, Amanda Berry, 27, escaped on Monday and raised the alarm.
Ariel Castro owned the house in which Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, 23, and Michelle Knight, 32, were held.
Police said the women could only remember being outside twice during their time in captivity, and were then only allowed into the garage.
- Commenting on the media coverage of the case, the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes: "If there is a bigger story here that can lead to systematic improvements in how the Cleveland police handle cases of missing teens and young adults, that deserves coverage as well."
- Slate questions the testimony of Ariel Castro's neighbours: "One possible explanation is that the neighbours are simply caught up in the excitement over a national story unfolding in their backyard, and they're misremembering their pasts because of it."
- Referring to the Facebook account of Ariel Castro, the New York Times' Lede blog says: "None of the posts or photos on his profile hint at the horrifying secret he kept since 2002 in his dilapidated Cleveland home. Nor do they reveal a disturbed mind."
Deputy police chief Ed Tomba said the women were not held in one room "but they did know each other and they did know each other was there".
Emotional homecomingMs Berry escaped on Monday along with her six-year-old daughter Jocelyn, who was born in captivity.
A source told the BBC that one of the women was forced to help Ms Berry deliver her daughter, and was threatened with death if the child did not survive.
In a news conference late on Wednesday, authorities said Mr Castro would be charged with four counts of kidnapping.
The charges covered the three initial abduction victims and Jocelyn.
Mr Castro was also charged with three counts of rape, one against each woman.
Police said more than 200 pieces of evidence had been taken from the home where the three women were held captive.
They said interviews with the women had yielded enough information to charge Ariel Castro, and that further charges could be added.
Police say Mr Castro has been co-operating with them, waiving his right to silence and agreeing to a test to establish Jocelyn's paternity.
Ms Knight remains in hospital, while the other two women have been released to their families.
On Wednesday hundreds of people gathered around the DeJesus family home, cheering as Gina DeJesus was brought from hospital.
Ms DeJesus, wearing a bright yellow hooded shirt, was escorted into her home by a woman with her arm around her, giving the well-wishers a brief wave.
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Listen to the moment an officer radioed "we found them, we found them" from the house in Cleveland
Ms Berry and her daughter arrived at her sister's home shortly before midday on Wednesday.
She disappeared in 2003 aged 16, but escaped on Monday with the help of a neighbour who heard her screaming and kicking a door while her alleged captor was out of the house.
When police arrived, they also found Ms DeJesus and Ms Knight in the house.
Ms DeJesus had gone missing aged 14 in 2004, while Ms Knight had disappeared in 2002, aged 20.
Ariel Castro reportedly fled the neighbourhood and was arrested at a nearby McDonald's restaurant, according to local media.
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