When I attended the universities and studied criminology, it was not uncommon to research the motives and history of people who today are called, “monsters.” I have been closely watching the latest so called monster, Ariel Castro. What in the world motives a man (maybe this term is too loosely applied here) to kidnap, rape, enslave and brutalize three young girls, one in her 20’s and the rest the age of his daughter Emily?
He claims he was abused as a child. That doesn’t excuse his behavior and hardly justifies his alleged crimes. One thing is quite certain you can act totally against societies norms and mores in an abnormal way and still be quite sane. I think what he did was absolutely clearly thought out and carried out. Was his decision making seriously compromised by his past experiences, most probably.
In an article called, “What Makes Serial Killers Tick,” Shirley Lynn Scott writes, “Yet if you intend to avoid the path of a serial killer [kidnapper and rapist], your best strategy is to sidestep the charming, the impeccably dressed, polite individuals. They blend in, camouflaged in contemporary anonymity. They lurk in churches and malls, and prowl the freeways and streets. “Dress him in a suit and he looks like ten other men,” said one attorney in describing Dahmer. Like all evolved predators, they know how to stalk their victims by gaining their trust. Serial killers don’t wear their hearts on their sleeves. Instead, they hide behind a carefully constructed facade of normalcy.”
That is exactly the way Ariel Castro came across to the many people and neighbors that knew him. He could put the veil of normalcy around everything he was doing. It has not been proved that our killer Ariel has murdered anyone except possibly unborn children; but given time most likely his victims would not have lived out their lives. They were not being fed properly, did not have medical care and mostly likely seriously lacked Vitamin D, from the lack of sunlight and outdoor experiences.
Ariel Castro, if found quilty was every bit a monster as those described in the Grimm tales. He had no compassion for his victims, based on what we’re hearing in the news. What bothers me the most however, is his lawyers stating he is truly attached and concerned for his daughter; the daughter he produced by raping Amanda Berry. Right! If he was so concerned about his daughter he would have stopped doing what he was doing and turned himself in. Or he would have treated her mother with human dignity and respect. Like any other batterer, he did none of those things…so I am not buying this plea copping! I have no compassion for this person. I do not agree with or believe in the use of the death penalty, as I have stated before…however, I really don’t want to pay for his life in prison.
One of Ariel’s daughters is in prison for trying to slit the throat of her baby and kill herself. It doesn’t seem like the fruit has fallen too far from the tree. She tried to slash her baby’s throat…yup, that is right. She also attended elementary school with Amanda Berry and knew Gina de Jesus. Looks like Ariel Castro’s fathering skills need a considerable amount of work or fixing and up-dating. In fact, it sounds like he used this daughter Emily to get to two of the girls. There may be hope for his daughter Emily; But I can see no hope for him. Unfortunately, we have not advanced enough, as a human species, to know why there are people like Ariel. How very sad this fact is.
JOYSTECHTOOL 