Video: Families grieve at candle light vigil at Anthony Sowell house in Cleveland

November 9, 10:07 AMSalt Lake City Headlines ExaminerMarci Stone

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Families grieve at candle light vigil at Anthony Sowell house in Cleveland - photo of Anthony Sowell
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A candle light vigil occurred Sunday night in Cleveland as hundreds of local residents gathered outside the place that Anthony Sowell’s victims took their last breath. The group sung hymns and prayed for the dead. Inez Fortson’s daughter Telacia was the first one confirmed dead. Inez said she would like to see the house burned to the ground. 500 people joined in the ceremony and then marched to the neighborhood Baptist church for a memorial service.

About five weeks Anthony Sowell was accused of rape and felonious assault, an arrest warrant was issued for Sowell and then a search warrant for his house. The police entered his house on October 29 and found several decomposed bodies. Over the last week, the police 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. Yesterday, local authorities began demolish the house in an attempt to see if there are bodies in the walls.

All of the women found in the house have been African-American. On Saturday, the Cuyahoga County Coroner's office added three more identities: Amelda Hunter, 47, Crystal Dozier, 38, Michelle Mason, 45. Four bodies had already been identified were Nancy Cobbs, 43, Tonia Carmichael, 52, Telacia Fortson, 31, and Tishana Culver, 31.  For more on that story, 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.

The video below shows the victim’s families and their response.

Source: CNN and KSL

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