- Elias Acevedo, 49, pleaded guilty Monday 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
- He also pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping his three daughters over the past two decades
- Paternity testing shows that Acevedo fathered a child with at least one member of his own family
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A neighbor of notorious kidnapper and rapist Arial Castro pleaded guilty Monday to hundreds of charges including murder, kidnapping and rape.
Elias Acevedo, 49 pleaded guilty to 297 charges in total after previously confessed to the kidnapping, rape and murder of two women in a Cleveland neighborhood in the early 1990s, as well as repeatedly sexually assaulting his own daughters.
The disturbed man was sentenced to 445 years in prison without the possibility of parole, WKYC reported.
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Day in court: Elias Acevedo, shown here during a previous court appearance, pleaded guilty Monday to 297 counts including murder, rape and kidnapping
The convicted sex offender wept Monday in court as the tortured girls, now adults, spoke in court about how their father destroyed their childhood.
'You have changed my life forever,' one daughter said, according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. 'You robbed me of my childhood... I have lived in fear but I will no longer.'
His sister-in-law also spoke in court about the evil man - she was raped 20 years ago when only 18-years-old and more than five months pregnant.
'I am grateful I can stand here today as one of his survivors,' she said. 'Back then I was the coward, but I'm not a coward anymore.'
Their attacker apologized for his horrific crimes after the families of Ms Pemberton and Ms Adkins also spoke.
'I can't describe the regret and shame I have for what I've done,' he said. 'I wish I could bring your daughters back.'
The predator then wept again as his sentence was read aloud in court - life in prison without parole.
Confession: Elias Acevedo has confessed to raping and killing two women in the mid-90s
He has agreed to work with the FBI to help prevent crimes similar to his from happening in the future, according to the Plain-Dealer.
Mr Acevedo initially landed in court after being charged 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 initially only faced charges in those cases, but investigators soon discovered he had raped several more victims. including underage children - he faced hundreds of counts by the time the investigation was concluded.
Monday's guilty plea finally brings some level of closure to the families of Christina Adkins and Pamela Pemberton.
Acevedo lived on the same block as sadistic Castro during the 1990s. Castro died while serving a life sentence, plus 1,000 years, and was found with his trousers round his ankles after dying while indulging in auto-erotic asphyxiation.
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