Local Families Wonder About Missing Women
POSTED: 2:33 pm EST November 1,
2009
UPDATED: 8:38 am EST November 5,
2009
CLEVELAND -- The discovery of 11 victims in a home on Cleveland’s east side has led residents to wonder who they could be.The families of some missing women in the Cleveland area are paying extremely close attention to the developments in the case.Ceveland Police Lt. Tom Stacho said they are focusing their missing persons search on women missing from the immediate area.Images: Local Missing Women Sowell was in prison until 2005 for a rape conviction. Police are checking missing persons reports after that time.Police said 52-year-old Tonia Carmichael was last seen Nov. 10, 2008. She was the first woman identified as a victim found at the Imperial Avenue home.Some of the missing women from the area include Gloria Walker. The 46-year-old woman disappeared in May 2007. Her car was later found abandoned.Nancy Cobbs, 43, left her home on April 24, 2009 to go to a neighborhood store and that was the last time anyone saw the Cleveland mother.Police are asking citizens who believe missing persons may be connected to the Anthony Sowell investigation to go the Fourth District Police Headquarters to file a report. The coroner said DNA is needed from close relatives to help identify the bodies found.If you know someone who is missing from the Cleveland area, e-mail 5tips@newsnet5.com.
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