Castro was found hanging from a bed sheet in his detention cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio on the evening of September 3, 2013, one month into his life sentence.[134] Prison staff performed CPR on him before he was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, where he was pronounced dead shortly after.[134][135][136] The following day, Franklin County coroner Dr. Jan Gorniak announced that a preliminary autopsy had found the cause of Castro's death to be suicide by hanging.[137]