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Article: Grim body count rises at home of rapist who lived among corpses
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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A CONVICTED rapist who lived among the decomposing corpses of at
least 10 women has been charged with multiple counts of sexual
assault and murder, as police continue searching his home for more
human remains.
Anthony Sowell appeared in court in Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday
amid tight security, to learn that he will face the death penalty if
found guilty of any of the five killings of which he has so far been
accused. He was denied bail.
Bodies were first discovered at Sowell's home, on the city's east
side, last Thursday night, when a local woman told police she'd been
raped there. Officers noticed an appaling smell coming from the
cellar, and discovered a "makeshift grave".
Two more bodies ...