This Nov. 1, 2009 photo provided by the Cleveland Police Department shows Anthony Sowell, 50, who Cleveland Police arrested Saturday, Oct. 31 on a rape and felonious assault warrant. The number of bodies found in and near Sowell's home rose to at least 10 on Tuesday, Nov. 3 when authorities unearthed four corpses from the backyard and found a skull in a bucket in the basement. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)

Anthony Sowell. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)


By Mark Memmott

The grim work continues in Cleveland, where authorities have now found 10 bodies and a human skull in the yard and home of a convicted rapist.

Dan Bobkoff of WCPN in Cleveland reports that the police chief doesn't know if more remains will be found:

The Plain Dealer writes that "workers today are expected to begin slowly taking apart the house on Imperial Avenue piece by piece to make sure they aren't missing any bodies, police said." The newspaper has collected its coverage of the story here.

As the Associated Press writes, 50-year-old Anthony Sowell:

Was charged Tuesday with five counts of aggravated murder and with rape, felonious assault, kidnapping. He was to be arraigned Wednesday, Police Lt. Thomas Stacho said.
Police discovered the bodies after a woman reported being raped at Sowell's home. The coroner is attempting to identify the bodies through DNA and dental records. The first six women were black, and five were strangled.
Sowell is a registered sex offender and required to check in regularly at the sheriff's office. Officers didn't have the right to enter his house, but they would stop by to make sure he was there. Their most recent visit was Sept. 22, just hours before the woman reported being raped.
For the past few years, Sowell's neighbors assumed the foul smell enveloping their street corner had been coming from a brick building where workers churned out sausage and head cheese.

categories: Crime

8:30 - November 4, 2009

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