As Cienna mentioned in Morning News, today the house of Ariel Castro—the former bus driver who pleaded guilty to imprisoning and raping three woman in his basement for the better part of a decade—is being demolished and the pieces destroyed. What she didn’t mention was that you can watch the destruction live!
Last week, Castro was sentenced to life in prison, plus 1000 years. Right now, it’s unclear what’ll happen to the site, although the local Cleveland bank that owns the property has said that Castro’s victims, along with members of the community, will help determine what’s built there.
Demolition is standard procedure for buildings where terrible people have done terrible things. Serial killer Jefferey Dahmer’s Milwaukee apartment was razed and the Austrian dungeon of Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in his basement and fathered seven children with her, was filled with concrete last June.