Ariel Castro faces rape and kidnap charges in Ohio case
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The owner of the Ohio house from where three women were rescued this week a decade after they went missing faces four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape, say US prosecutors.
Ariel Castro, 52, will appear in court on Thursday. His brothers Pedro, 54, and Onil, 50, will not be charged.
Amanda Berry, 27, Gina DeJesus, 23 and Michelle Knight, 32, were found in the Cleveland house on Monday.
Cleveland's police chief has said the women were bound with ropes and chains.
Police told a news briefing in the city that more than 200 pieces of evidence had been taken from the home where the three women were held captive.
Police said interviews with the women had given them enough information to charge Ariel Castro.
But prosecutor Victor Perez there was nothing that led police to believe his brothers, Pedro and Onil Castro, "were involved or had any knowledge" of the alleged crime.
Ms Berry, who disappeared in 2003 aged 16, escaped on Monday with the help of a neighbour who heard her screaming and kicking a door while her alleged captor was out of the house.
When police arrived they also found Ms DeJesus, 23, and Ms Knight, 32, in the house.
Ms DeJesus had gone missing aged 14 in 2004, while Ms Knight had disappeared in 2002, aged 20.
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