(CNN) — A grand jury has issued a fresh indictment charging Ariel Castro with 977 counts relating to allegations that he held three women captive for about a decade in his Cleveland home, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office said Friday.
The new indictment — which adds 648 counts to the 329 on which he was indicted last month — encompasses all the years of the women’s captivity, whereas the previous indictment covered only the first four and a half years, the prosecutor’s office said.
Authorities said Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Georgina “Gina” DeJesus separately in a two-year period starting in 2002.
