by Jennifer Lindgren, WKYC-TV, Cleveland

CLEVELAND -- Demolition has begun on the Cleveland house where three women were held captive and raped over a decade.

The house is being torn down as part of a deal that spared Ariel Castro a possible death sentence. He was sentenced last week to life in prison plus 1,000 years.

One of the women imprisoned there, Michelle Knight, showed up early Wednesday before the demolition began. She made a brief statement and released some balloons.

A crowd of onlookers clapped as the demolition began.

Castro, who was sentenced to life, plus 1,000 years, without the possibility of parole repeatedly denied during his sentencing that he had tortured Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight after he kidnapped them between 2002 to 2004, holding them captive in his home until Berry managed to escape and alert a neighbor May 6.

Castro, 53, pleaded guilty to 937 charges, including aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping, to avoid the death penalty.

The house on Seymour Avenue is not only condemned, it represents the horrors the three survivors faced for 10 years.

"We didn't want some kind of gruesome, macabre shrine, if you will, that would get gawkers and curiosity seekers," said Joseph Frolik with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.

McGinty "wanted the property to come down and to come down quickly," Frolik said.

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New Kensington Council on Tuesday awarded a $55,000 contract for the repair of portions of the Constitution Boulevard retaining wall.

City Engineer Tony Males said the work will include repairing about 150 feet of the wall that supports Constitution Boulevard above the railroad tracks. Portions of the wall are crumbling.

One area of particular focus will be near the intersection with Walnut Street, Males said.

Holbein Inc. of Buffalo Township was awarded the contract, which Males said came in under budget.

The Redevelopment Authority of New Kensington allocated about $70,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant money for the work.

Males said he will work with the authority and the contractor to determine whether they can add to the scope of the project to use all of the available funds.

The city completed a similar repair project on the Constitution Boulevard wall in 2010. That work cost about $90,000.

Males said the new repairs will not involve any of the recently repaired areas.

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