Anthony Sowell, Alleged "Cleveland Strangler," Pleads Insanity
(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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December 3, 2009 11:12 AM CLEVELAND - Anthony Sowell, the former Marine now accused of killing at least 11 women and leaving their remains in and around his Ohio home, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the charges.
November 18, 2009 11:50 AM 
CLEVELAND - Anthony Sowell's Cleveland "House of Horrors" is going back under the microscope this week as police investigating the discovery of 11 victims at the scene renewed digging at the property and an adjacent backyard Wednesday.
Investigators hauled out evidence bags as they pursued clues provided by an FBI high-tech sweep. The horrible stench around the sex offender's home returned as well.
Anthony Sowell's Cleveland "House of Horrors": Search Resumes, So Does Stench of Dead Bodies
(AP Photo)
Investigators hauled out evidence bags as they pursued clues provided by an FBI high-tech sweep. The horrible stench around the sex offender's home returned as well.
November 16, 2009 7:00 AM 
CLEVELAND - Authorities have now identified 10 of the 11 victims whose remains were found at the Cleveland home of accused serial killer Anthony Sowell.
Police say Sowell, who has so far been charged with five counts of aggravated murder, targeted women whose disappearance might not raise alarm.
Many of his alleged victims had troubled pasts. Others were church-going moms. All had families who loved them and are now mourning their passing. All were poor and black and some families were outraged that police did not do more to find them.
Pictures: Who Were the Women Found at Anthony Sowell's House?
(National Center for Missing Adults)
Police say Sowell, who has so far been charged with five counts of aggravated murder, targeted women whose disappearance might not raise alarm.
Many of his alleged victims had troubled pasts. Others were church-going moms. All had families who loved them and are now mourning their passing. All were poor and black and some families were outraged that police did not do more to find them.
November 13, 2009 8:35 AM 
CLEVELAND - "It's like it got worse," said a neighbor of suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell. "It smells bad in the air, like death."
The stench around the sex offender's home returned stronger than ever Wednesday as police searched the house next door for more bodies and carried out bags of evidence.
Anthony Sowell's Neighborhood Smells "Like Death" Again, Say Neighbors
(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
The stench around the sex offender's home returned stronger than ever Wednesday as police searched the house next door for more bodies and carried out bags of evidence.
November 12, 2009 12:00 PM 
CLEVELAND - Police in Cleveland have identified a 10th woman whose skull was discovered wrapped in paper in a bucket at the home of accused serial killer Anthony Sowell.
Police Lt. Thomas Stacho says 25-year-old Leshanda Long had not been seen since August 2008 but was not reported as a missing person. She had been reported missing twice when she was in her teens.
Police Identify Skull Found in Anthony Sowell's House of Horrors as Leshanda Long
(AP/John Kuntz, Plain Dealer; CPD)
Police Lt. Thomas Stacho says 25-year-old Leshanda Long had not been seen since August 2008 but was not reported as a missing person. She had been reported missing twice when she was in her teens.
November 12, 2009 6:30 AM 
CLEVELAND - "The Cleveland Strangler" is what many people are now calling Anthony Sowell, the alleged Ohio serial killer whose home and yard were found to be littered with the body parts of 11 women.
But "roommate" and "boyfriend" is what Lori Frazier, the niece of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, called Sowell until recently. Frazier said she started a romance with Sowell soon after he was released from prison in 2005 and lived with the accused killer while a terrible stench, since learned to be rotting bodies, permeated his home.
Mayor's Niece Lived With Alleged "Cleveland Strangler" Anthony Sowell and Rotting Bodies
(WOIO Video)
But "roommate" and "boyfriend" is what Lori Frazier, the niece of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, called Sowell until recently. Frazier said she started a romance with Sowell soon after he was released from prison in 2005 and lived with the accused killer while a terrible stench, since learned to be rotting bodies, permeated his home.
November 11, 2009 1:23 PM 
CLEVELAND - Investigators trying to learn the horrible fate of 11 bodies found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's Cleveland home are enlisting a rather unusual ally – insects that were crawling on the corpses.
Entomologist Joe Keiper is one of the few scientists who study both insects and crime scenes. The coroner called Keiper to the Cleveland home to help estimate when the victims died, by analyzing the types and number of insects found on the remains.
New Ally in Anthony Sowell Case: Bugs Found on 11 Corpses in Cleveland Home
(CBS/ AP)
Entomologist Joe Keiper is one of the few scientists who study both insects and crime scenes. The coroner called Keiper to the Cleveland home to help estimate when the victims died, by analyzing the types and number of insects found on the remains.
November 11, 2009 11:27 AM 
NEW YORK - As America honors its military heroes on Veterans Day, investigators are working to identify two of the 11 bodies pulled from former Marine and alleged serial killer Anthony Sowell's Cleveland home and hoping they don't find more victims near the military bases where he served.
What Will Veterans Day Bring for Former Marine, Alleged Serial Killer Anthony Sowell?
(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
November 9, 2009 6:30 PM CLEVELAND - In Ohio, Anthony Sowell's home and yard hid the remains of at least 11 people. Is it possible the accused serial killer, while serving in the military, was involved in cases still unsolved in Japan, California and the Carolinas?
It's a possiblity the FBI is not ruling out.
Anthony Sowell: Case Against Accused Cleveland Serial Killer Could Expand Overseas with FBI Interest
(AP/John Kuntz, Plain Dealer; CPD)
It's a possiblity the FBI is not ruling out.
November 9, 2009 7:15 AM 
NEW YORK - As Cleveland police work to identify the remains of at least 11 bodies found in the home of accused killer and registered sex offender Anthony Sowell, a Crimesider investigation has turned up disturbing information that indicates Sowell and other sex offenders around the country may be free to troll the Internet for sex and potential victims, with little to no oversight from law enforcement.
Exclusive: Anthony Sowell Cruised Hardcore Sex Site; Is Anyone At All Watching Sex Offenders Online?
(Alt.com)
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