Kidnapper told captive’s mother her daughter was alive

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro said he called the mother of one of his captives and told the woman her daughter was alive and had become his wife, according to interrogation videotapes.

Castro told investigators that authorities missed opportunities to catch him as he held the three women captive for about a decade in a rundown house where they were repeatedly beaten and raped.

Castro says in the video obtained by NBC that he told Amanda Berry’s mother that her daughter was OK. He says he made the call on Berry’s mobile phone.