Castle Trial Starts Monday in Hardin County Common Pleas Court

(Third floor of Hardin County Courthouse in Kenton to be closed on July 11, that includes the Hardin County Clerk of Courts Legal Office)

The trial of a man who is facing multiple charges connected to the kidnapping of a 7 year old girl is scheduled to start Monday in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

57 year old Charles Castle will stand trial starting July 11 on one count of aggravated attempted murder, one count of rape, 6 counts of kidnapping, three counts of tampering with evidence and one count each of endangering children, felonious assault, burglary and possessing criminal tools.

Jury selection is expected to take the first two days, and the trial is scheduled to last two weeks.

Castle is accused of abducting the girl from her home in the 600 block of South Leighton Street late on November 10, 2021.

She was reported missing the next morning.

A search came to a successful end when she was found in the basement of an abandoned house in the 9000 block of County Road 180.

Castle has since been held in the Multi County Jail in Marion.