Ariel Castro listens in the courtroom during sentencing in Cleveland.CLEVELAND – The nonprofit responsible for the scheduled Wednesday demolition of the Cleveland house where three women were imprisoned and raped for a decade plans to take additional precautions to ensure that passersby do not collect rubble that could later be sold online.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer on Tuesday reported that the Cuyahoga Land Bank expects to complete the demolition of Ariel Castro’s house in one day and shred all the building materials.
The land bank acquired Castro’s home on Seymour Avenue last week, and the house’s electricity was turned off on Monday after his family and friends removed personal items from it, including photographs and musical instruments.
A contractor is scheduled to tear down the home Wednesday morning. Plans for what will replace the house on the site haven’t been made public.
The land bank’s president, Gus Frangos, told the newspaper that the organization is trying to keep away scavengers who might try to sell the rubble as what is known as “murderabilia.”