Coroner Provides Tips On What To Look For In Walls Of Sowells' Home
POSTED: 10:12 am EST November 5,
2009
UPDATED: 1:47 pm EST November 5,
2009
CLEVELAND -- It appears that the search is under way involving tearing apart interior walls of a home on Imperial Avenue in search of more evidence or bodies.Ten bodies and a skull have been discovered in the home where Anthony Sowell, 50, had been living since being released from prison in 2005 on a rape charge.Sowell appeared in court Wednesday. He is now charged with five counts of aggravated murder as well as rape, felonious assault and kidnapping. He was not granted bond.During the search, a cadaver dog will be used.Meanwhile, Cleveland City Councilmembers are planning to show up at 4:30 p.m. in the neighborhood to talk to residents and to also confirm that the events that have unveiled there have been a horrible tragegy and to express support.On Thursday morning, several pastors and a City Councilman held a prayer rally at at Providence Baptist Church. They said they want to console the families of the missing.A makeshift memorial that includes stuffed animals and a sign stenciled with the word MISSING has appeared in the Cleveland neighborhood.Someone hung the sign on a chain link fence near the home. The sign is decorated with five stuffed animals and a rose and holds fliers showing 13 missing women and men.Sowell served 15 years in prison for attempted rape and is being held without bond on five counts of aggravated murder.
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