Castro Brothers Knew Nothing: Onil And Pedro Say Ariel Castro Is A “Monster”

The two brothers of kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro say they both knew nothing of the heinous acts of which he is accused. Onil Castro, 50, and Pedro Castro, 54 told CNN's Martin Savidge in an interview that for the decade that their brother Ariel Castro, 52, allegedly kept three women locked in his home, they were unaware of their existence.

Younger brother Onil said he thought his brother was about to get a traffic ticket when he and Ariel were pulled over at an Ohio intersection soonafter the escape of captive Amanda Berry. Their brother Pedro believed he was originally being arrested for an outstanding warrant for previously having an open container of alcohol in public:

"I didn't have my reading glasses," Onil said when he reportedly asked a police officer to write down his charge, thinking at first the woman had written 'open containers'. The officer reportedly told him to read it again. "And I said, 'kidnapping'!" Onil told Savidge, "I'm thinking... 'Kidnapping, what's this...Who did I kidnap?'"

"I couldn't never think of doing anything like that," Pedro said, "If I knew that my brother was doing this...I would have called the cops." The older Castro brother said the acts his brother Ariel is accused of committing will "haunt [him] down."

Ariel Castro is accused of keeping Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight captive in his home and allegedly raping them repeatedly and fathering a child with Berry. He is also alleged to have forced the women to have miscarriages in a number of situations after he allegedly raped them.

CNN reported that Pedro, Onil and their mother are in hiding after reportedly receiving threats. "I can't go nowhere because [the public] think[s] I'm a monster too, and I'm not," Pedro said.

"I hope [Ariel] rotes in that jail. I don't even want them to take his life like that. I want him to suffer in jail to the last extent. I don't care if they even feed him," Onil Castro said.