Courts and Crime Monday, June 27, 2011 The impact of the Imperial Avenue murders on that Cleveland nieghborhood Some say Imperial Avenue is better since the murders were discovered by WKSU's KEVIN NIEDERMIER |
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 | The corner of Imperial Avenue and East 123rd Street, a few feet from Sowell's home. | Courtesy of Kevin Niedermier |
Today the murder trial of Anthony Sowell got underway. It has been nearly two-years since police discovered the bodies of eleven women in and around his Cleveland home. A chain link fence surrounds that Imperial Avenue house on the city’s southeastside. It’s is being preserved as evidence in the trial. The neighborhood is still a particularly depressed section of the city. WKSU’s Kevin Niedermier reports, some residents say the gruesome murders have changed the neighborhood in different ways….. |
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