Neighbor of Ariel Castro confesses to kidnap, rape, and murder of two
women.
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Elias
Acevedo, 49, has confessed to the kidnap, rape and murder of two women who
disappeared in the mid-90s
· At the time of the women's disappearance, Acevedo lived on the same block as Ariel Castro
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Following
the discovery of Castro's three kidnap victims, police increased their focus on
missing persons
·
A
rape kit DNA test from 1993 led them to Acevedo who eventually confessed to two
murders
A man has confessed to the kidnapping, rape and murder of two women in a Cleveland neighborhood in the 1990s as well as additional rape and kidnapping charges.
Elias Acevedo, 49, was charged on Thursday with the kidnapping,
rape and murder of 30-year-old Pamela Pemberton who was found strangled in
1994, and Christina Adkins, who was 18 and five months pregnant at the time of
her disappearance in 1995.
He faces 293 counts, including charges involving the rape and
kidnap of children.
Confession: Elias Acevedo has confessed to raping and killing
two women in the mid-90s
Following the discovery of Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and
Gina DeJesus, who had been missing for 10 years, languishing in the basement of
Castro's home, there was a renewed focus on missing persons cold cases.
'Because the public became more aware and investigators were
determined and relentless, people were re-interviewed and there was an
increased interest in these missing person cases,' FBI spokeswoman Vicki Anderson
said.
When police questioned Castro's neighbors, it was discovered
that Acevedo was a convicted sex offender and hadn't reported his address to
police.
Acevedo was arrested on June 11 in connection with a 1993 rape
case after a rape kit taken at the time was tested for DNA evidence.
According to Cleveland.com, the woman Acevedo raped in 1993 was
his brother's common-law wife.
She dropped the charges against him because he had seven
children and twins on the way at the time.
Tragic: Christina Adkins was 18 and five months pregnant when
she was murdered by Acevedo
When detectives spoke with her about Acevedo this year, they
were able to start building up a profile of his behaviour, which involved
strangling, keeping the underwear of his victims and a tendency to return to certain
geographical areas.
The 1993 rape occurred close to the spot where his neighbor Pemberton's body was found in 1994.
Pamela Pemberton was found dead in a field on West 11th Street,
near Clark Field, by three youths going to school October 24, 1994.
Homicide detectives said Pemberton had been strangled and was
found naked.
She had been going to meet a friend at a bar and never returned
home.
Acevedo was then linked to the 1995 disappearance of Adkins, who
was last seen close to Acevedo's home.
A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office said
that Acevedo has confessed to the murders, which means authorities will not
seek the death penalty.
The Guardian reports that
Acevedo led detectives to the spot where he dumped Adkins' body in a manhole
under a busy highway overpass on the Ohio city’s west side.
Remains recovered from the manhole were sent for DNA testing and
test results today proved the remains were those of Adkins.
Acevedo has a long criminal history that dates back to 1988,
including theft, receiving stolen property and a 2003 rape and kidnapping case
for which he served three years in prison.
The 293-count indictment, unsealed Thursday, charged Acevedo
with aggravated murder, as well as 173 counts of rape, 115 counts of kidnapping
and one count of gross sexual imposition.
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses:
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