Anthony Sowell: Read The Plain Dealer’s original coverage of the Imperial Avenue murders, profiles of his victims
Updated Feb 09, 2021;
Posted Feb 09, 2021
The Imperial Avenue home of serial killer Anthony Sowell, shown in November 2009. (Scott Shaw, Plain Dealer file photo)The Plain Dealer
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CLEVELAND, Ohio It was in October 2009 that the Cleveland area first learned of serial killer Anthony Sowell. For the next few weeks, the horrors of his crimes would emerge.
Sowell, who died Monday afternoon at an Ohio prison hospital of an unspecified illness at the age of 61, eventually was convicted in July 2011 of the deaths of 11 women and was sentenced to death.
Updated: 9 Feb 2021, 16:34
THE death of Cleveland Strangler Anthony Sowell has been celebrated by the daughter of one of his victims, who has said “God made it happen”.
Sowell, 61, was in 2011 sentenced to death after killing 11 women and leaving their bodies to rot around his Cleveland, Ohio, home.
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The missing persons board across the street from Anthony Sowell s home in 2009Credit: AP:Associated Press
He had been receiving end-of-life care for a terminal illness at the Franklin Medical Center up until his death on Monday afternoon.
State prison officials notified the victims families of his death. I am glad he is dead, said Donnita Carmichael, the daughter of victim Tonia Carmichael.
Anthony Sowell dead: Cleveland Strangler serial killer who hid bodies at his home dies
Anthony Sowell, known as the Cleveland Strangler, has died in prison. The serial killer murdered 11 women and hid their bodies in his home. The 61-year-old was serving time for his harrowing crimes
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The Cleveland Strangler serial killer Anthony Sowell has died aged 61
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