There have been several stories today claiming that neighbors called police about strange behavior at Ariel Castro’s home on two or three occasions — naked women on all fours in the backyard, people banging on windows in the house, etc. But Cleveland police are saying that’s not so. They say that only two calls were logged to that home — one from Castro himself and another about Castro but in reference to his work as a school bus driver. Full statement after the jump. Read More

Now Charles Ramsey’s 911 call has been released. After the jump … Read More

One of the most surreal and fascinating things about the Cleveland abductions is that the suspect, Ariel Castro, didn’t just live in the general vicinity of the victims’ families. He was connected to them in numerous ways. He was friends with Gina DeJesus’s father and played in bands with her uncle.

From the AP … Read More