Officers Reportedly Falsified Logs Tracking Checks on Castro

(Image source: Cuyahoga County Jail) BY BRIANA ALTERGOTT More details are emerging about the suicide of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro while he was behind bars. According to Ohio officials, corrections officers didn't complete their rounds and forged prison reports around the time Castro was found dead in his cell last month. (Via Business Insider) The two officers involved reportedly lied about doing eight required checks on Castro in the hours before he died. Video surveillance footage shows only two checks were done during that time. (Via WCAU) The accused officers have since been suspended. According to the Columbus Dispatch, officials also released new information that raises the question if Castro was really trying to kill himself. When Castro was found in his cell, his pants and underwear were pulled down around his ankles, suggesting he could have died as a result of autoerotic asphyxiation, not a suicide attempt. Plus, Castro didn't leave a suicide note or give any other indications that he was going to take his own life. (Via WRC-TV) The report also said an ambulance that was supposed to provide medical assistance at the jail was significantly slow in its response time when Castro died.