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Anthony Sowell Murder Case Update: 10 Bodies Found at Home

by Amy Judd | November 3, 2009 at 08:45 pm

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In an Anthony Sowell murder update, police now think they have found 10 bodies at his Cleveland home.

Sowell, a convicted rapist, has been charged with multiple murders, after 10 corpses were discovered, which produced a 'stench of death' in the neighborhood according to people that lived nearby.

Police plan to take Sowell's three storey house apart, as they've already found four bodies in the back yard and six in the house and the basement. They also found a skull wrapped in a paper bag stuffed in a bucket. That could be an eleventh victim.

Five of the victims have been identified as bloack women that were strangled. The others have not been identified.

This was brought to police attention when Sowell was arrested over the weekend for rape, and when police entered his home they found two bodies decomposing on the floor upstairs. Neighbors would complain about the smell but Sowell would blame it on the sausage store next door.

Along with the murders, Sowell has also been charged with five counts of rape, kidnapping and assault. More charges could follow.

Authorities were trying to match the victims' DNA to that of missing women. "In some cases, no missing person's report was made," said Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath.

He said Sowell cooperated with authorities initially but later requested a lawyer. "It appears he had an insatiable appetite he needed to fill," McGrath told reporters.

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Mary Richard

at 21:33 on November 3rd, 2009

I pity the neighbors, living with the stench, thinking it was in the sewers or from the sausage shop. And I hope the families of missing women get some closure soon.

He was on a sex fetish website, as Master, looking for his sub.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 03:25 on November 4th, 2009

This is one sick man.

Hugh Askew

at 03:38 on November 4th, 2009

Sausage?

Hate to say it, but people like this are why there is still a death penalty.

I think i could vote to fry him for the sausage excuse alone.

Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

at 07:39 on November 4th, 2009

Thank you for sharing this story.

Hang him high (not verified)

at 02:13 on November 6th, 2009

This is one SICK puppy. Obviously rehabilitation is never going to work here. Find a tall tree and a short rope and git 'er done. 6 bodies in the house??? How could ANYONE live in a house with a body in decomp, let alone SIX??!!?? This world is truly screwed up. We got this and some whacked out army major shooting up Ft. Hood. I'm afraid to see what comes next...