11 bodies have been found in Anthony Sowell’s house in Cleveland, Ohio. The police have requested a search warrant to tear down the Sowell’s house to search inside the structure of the house. It has now been determined that 8 of the women died from strangulation, and several still had a rope around the neck; the 2 other bodies are too badly decomposed to determine a cause of death, officials stated.
The first of the 11 bodies has been identified as Tonia Carmichael. Yesterday, the daughter of Tonia, Danita said when they first started to uncover the bodies she knew that her mom’s body was in that house. Tonia Carmichael has been missing for a year and her mother said that she had been addicted to crack and has disappeared for several days in the past, but this time she missed picking up two paychecks so she knew something was wrong.
A month ago, Anthony Sowell was accused of rape and felonious assault, an arrest warrant was issued for Sowell and then a search warrant for his house. Last Thursday, the police entered his house and found several decomposed bodies. Over the last week, the police have discovered 11 bodies hidden inside the house and in the backyard. Sowell is a convicted sex offender, who spent time in jail, but was off probation.
The police arrested Anthony Sowell on Saturday, and he appeared in court yesterday. The judge denied Sowell bond, and stated that the charges are the most gruesome he has even seen. To view the original story for this case, click here.
In a similar case in 2007, two men in Utah went missing for over a month until their bodies were discovered buried under a shed in a shallow grave. The entire area was surrounded with junk that the owner collected. The police suspected a registered sex offender, Martin Nelson that was already in jail at the time the bodies were found. Nelson has been convicted of the two men's deaths. Another young man disappeared around the same time, and it was suspected that Nelson was also responsible for his disappearance, according to KSL.
Sources: CNN, CNN Live and KSL
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