WKSU News: Cleveland police find more bodies at home of convicted rapist

10 bodies and a skull have been found at the home of Anthony Sowell

WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports


	Reporter Kevin Niedermier

Police now say they've found ten bodies in the Cleveland home of a convicted rapist. 50-year-old Anthony Sowell has so far been charged with aggravated murder, rape, felonious assault and kidnapping in the death of five of the women whose bodies were found in his home and yard since last weekend.
Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath says that police and fire crews will keep searching the property to make sure that no other bodies are in the house.

Chief Michael McGrath on the continuing search at the Sowell house

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Investigators brought in heavy equipment to search for more bodies Tuesday. Sowell has lived in the house since 2005, after he was released from prison. He'll be arraigned Wednesday.

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I would like to know why these people are being released only to rape and kill again. Was he being supervised? What type of evaluation was done before his release in 2005? The system has failed these women and I feel a deep sadness for them and there families. We need to fight for tougher sentences for people who violate us in such a manner.

Posted by: Angelina (Indiana) on November 4, 2009 8:28AM

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