Cleveland suspect called himself 'predator' in note: TV

Castro was arraigned today for rape and kidnapping of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight, who all emerged Monday from his Cleveland house

Found inside the house where Ariel Castro allegedly held three women captive for a decade was a note from 2004 in which he called himself "a sexual predator" in need of help, local media reported.

Castro, 52, was arraigned today for the rape and kidnapping of Amanda Berry, 27, Gina DeJesus, 23 and Michelle Knight, 32, who all emerged Monday from the unassuming Cleveland house owned by the former school bus driver.

Local television station WOIO investigative reporter Scott Taylor, on his Twitter feed, said the note was among dozens of pieces of evidence that police recovered when they combed the two-story premises after the women's escape.

"I am a sexual predator. I need help," Taylor quoted the note as saying.

In an apparent reference to captives, the note goes on: "They are here against their will because they made a mistake of getting in a car with a total stranger."

"I don't know why I kept looking for another," the note adds. "I already have 2 in my possession."

Taylor said Castro also wrote about wanting to kill himself and giving "all the money I saved to my victims."

Knight was 20 when she was last seen in August 2002. Berry disappeared on the eve of her 17th birthday in April 2003, while DeJesus vanished in April 2004 at the age of 14.

Cleveland's deputy police chief Ed Tomba appeared to confirm the existence of the note when he was asked at a press conference yesterday by another local TV news channel if "a suicide note" had been found.

"That is another part of evidence that we recovered that I cannot comment on," Tomba said. "There were over 200 items taken from the home on Seymour Avenue. All of those items will be processed.