6 bodies found in the home of rapist
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November 2, 2009, Monday
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FOUR years after Anthony Sowell was released from a United States prison after serving 15 years for a rape conviction, police found six decomposing bodies at his Ohio home.
Two bodies were identified by county Coroner Frank Miller as black females and one death was ruled a homicide.
No race or gender was determined for the others. Autopsies were performed on all six bodies but no details were given until Saturday.
Police spokesman Lieutenant Thomas Stacho said Sowell was arrested as he walked down a street on the east side of Cleveland. Sowell initially denied he was the man authorities were looking for but admitted his identity as officers began fingerprinting him, Stacho said.
Police established a command post in the neighborhood to take missing-person reports and additional information on outstanding missing persons in the neighborhood.
Teresa Hicks, 48, was among the neighbors who said they were relieved about the arrest but still felt afraid. She said she has known Sowell since high school.
"He was crazy," she said from her porch. "Sometimes he would just go off if he didn't have his way."
As a convicted sex offender, Sowell was required to report regularly to the sheriff's office, which said he had complied.
The first two bodies were found Thursday night when police went to Sowell's home to arrest him on charges of felonious assault and rape.
Detectives with a search warrant found the bodies on the third floor of a duplex and began checking a fresh grave dug in the basement.
Their advanced state of decomposition suggested the bodies had been in the home a long time. By Saturday, six bodies were counted.
Two bodies were identified by county Coroner Frank Miller as black females and one death was ruled a homicide.
No race or gender was determined for the others. Autopsies were performed on all six bodies but no details were given until Saturday.
Police spokesman Lieutenant Thomas Stacho said Sowell was arrested as he walked down a street on the east side of Cleveland. Sowell initially denied he was the man authorities were looking for but admitted his identity as officers began fingerprinting him, Stacho said.
Police established a command post in the neighborhood to take missing-person reports and additional information on outstanding missing persons in the neighborhood.
Teresa Hicks, 48, was among the neighbors who said they were relieved about the arrest but still felt afraid. She said she has known Sowell since high school.
"He was crazy," she said from her porch. "Sometimes he would just go off if he didn't have his way."
As a convicted sex offender, Sowell was required to report regularly to the sheriff's office, which said he had complied.
The first two bodies were found Thursday night when police went to Sowell's home to arrest him on charges of felonious assault and rape.
Detectives with a search warrant found the bodies on the third floor of a duplex and began checking a fresh grave dug in the basement.
Their advanced state of decomposition suggested the bodies had been in the home a long time. By Saturday, six bodies were counted.
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