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DNA Tests Prove Castro Is the Father

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Of Amanda Berry’s daughter.

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Castro in court in Cleveland on Thursday. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty)

A DNA test confirmed Friday that Ariel Castro, who stands accused of raping and kidnapping three women he held captive for years, is the biological father of the daughter of one of the captives. The 6-year old girl was born in captivity and rescued along with the three other captives earlier this week. The child's mother, Amanda Berry, was kidnapped in 2003 at age 16. Although Castro's DNA has been linked to Berry's daughter, it has not been associated with any outstanding criminal cases in Ohio.

Read it at The Washington Post