Storeowner Says Sowell Put Foul-Smelling Bags In Dumpster

CLEVELAND -- The former owner of a convenience store across the street from Anthony Sowell's house told NewsChannel5 he believes Sowell may have dumped some of his victims in a garbage bin outside the store.

Sowell was seen at the Imperial Grocery almost every day, but former owner Assad Tayeh says it's what he thinks Sowell put in the Dumpster that is raising new questions.

"A bag, a big bag stuffed and wrapped with duct tape and there was a very bad smell coming out of it," said Tayeh.

Tayeh said he remembers seeing bags in the garbage bin two years ago after his clerk alerted him.

"I saw the bag and I can't stand the smell of it, so I shut the Dumpster. I told him to get a bottle of bleach and put it in the Dumpster," said Tayeh.

From the same Dumpster you can see across the street where blue tents cover Sowell's back yard where police found bodies buried in shallow graves.

"God knows how many bodies he put in those Dumpsters. And I started, every day, there is something new coming into my head about that person. I believe he was using my Dumpsters and Ray's Sausage Dumpsters," said Tayeh.

Tayeh said he called police two days ago with the information but no one has called him back.