Trial for Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro started last week. This may sound like positive news but the process of trial, especially the indictment, reveals more horrible truths about the three women's ordeal in the hands of the suspect. It was as if, the three women had to go through everything all over again.

According to a report from AFP, the 329 indictment given to court last week gave sight of the suffering endured by the three victims in the first five years of their captivity.

Michelle Knight, the first victim who was kidnapped, experienced being chained to a post in the basement. There she was "repeatedly raped and beaten". She also got pregnant at least four times. All pregnancies were aborted.

Amanda Berry, tried to escape on the very night she was kidnapped but was caught by the suspect. As a punishment, she was raped. The suspect tied her legs and mouth with tape. She was chained to a pole in the basement and the suspect forced her to wear a motorcycle helmet to stop her from shouting. When she still showed signs of fighting, the suspect wrapped a vacuum chord around her neck.

Gina de Jesus, also suffered being chained and bound with tape in the basement. She was only 14 years old when the suspect raped her.

The three victims said that after nights of being chained they were eventually unchained and was allowed to move freely upstairs in the house of the suspect.

Until now, the police were still trying to figure out how Mr. Castro was able to pull his crime of devoid of any unwanted attention and suspicions from the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, according to a report from CNN, even with these horrible details read through the indictment, Mr. Castro pleaded not guilty.

Defense attorney Craig Weintraub said that the non-guilty plea by Mr. Castro was an effort to save his client from death penalty and the three victims from a long grueling trial.

Attorney Weintrub said through a press conference that some charges of the indictment were undisputable but "the plea targeting the murder accusation and the specter of a death penalty, signals an effort to forge a resolution and avoid a trial."

The attorney further explained that the non-guilty plea "requires the prosecutor to continue to evaluate their case and determine whether medical and forensic evidence can actually support an aggravated murder conviction for the death of a fetus and whether the death penalty is warranted." This explanation was in defense of the crime of intentional abortion that Mr. Castro employed on the three women.

According to Attorney Weintrub, the defense team "acknowledged that in all likelihood, the prosecutor's decision will be predicated upon the opinions of medical and forensic experts, and more importantly, whether the women in this case want to go to trial for those limited issues."

Mr. Weintrub explained that although they were working in defense of the suspect, "we are sensitive to the emotional restrain and impact that a trial would have on women, their families and their community. Mr. Castro currently faces hundreds of years in prison with the current charges, and it is our hope that we can continue to work toward a resolution to avoid having an unnecessary trial about aggravated murder and the death penalty.