TIMELINE OF ANTHONY SOWELL’S LIFE:

I am in the process of nailing down a detailed timeline for Anthony Edward Sowell, and the disturbing case surrounding the six bodies of African American females rotting inside his home in Cleveland, OH.

Please keep in mind, at this point Anthony Sowell has not formally been charged with the murders of the women found in his home–but investigators do tell me they are preparing to formally charge him soon.  Sowell was a United States Marine, and it makes me wonder how someone could take such a wrong turn in life.

As the hours go on, and as dates and locations are confirmed, this timeline will expand and incidents will be further detailed.

August 19, 1959 – Anthony Edward Sowell was born (according to the Ohio Attorney General’s office of sex offender registry)

July 11, 1977 – Sowell Enlisted in the United States Marine Corp. (according to GySgt Nun, United States Marine Corp Media Chief)

January 22, 1985 – Sowell ends service with the Marines (according to GySgt. Nun, United States Marine Corp Media Chief)

-    At some point during Sowell’s service (exact dates TBA), he met a woman and they were married for one year.  According to the ex-wife’s mother (whom I spoke with on the afternoon on November 2, 2009) Anthony and her daughter were divorced after one year of marriage.  They lived on a base in California together.

July 22, 1989 – Anthony Sowell was convicted of attempted rape of a 21-year-old girl in Cleveland, Ohio (according to public sex offender details from the Attorney General’s Office in Ohio).

1990 – 2005 – Anthony Sowell was convicted and served full15 years behind bars for the 1989 attempted rape.

2005 – According to John O’Brien with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio, Sowell was released, and under the provisions of his release, he was required to check in at the sex offender’s office once a year.  Sowell was convicted under Megan’s Law, Pier I classification.  O’Brien says, if Sowell moved, he was supposed to check in with the sex offender office at the Sheriff’s department in person, and in writing.  Sowell was in compliance with this requirement.

December 2008 – Sowell allegedly attacked a woman but the charges were dropped (more detailed information on this will be posted as soon as it is available).

September 22, 2009 – Deputies from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office did a random spot check on Sowell’s home at 12205 Imperial Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.  John O’Brien with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office says Sowell in fact answered the door, and confirmed that he was living there.  Deputies did not have cause to enter the home at that time.  Allegedly, on the same day, according to O’Brien, another sexual assault took place.

October 22, 2009 – An incident occurred when the fire department was called because a woman fell off Sowell’s roof.  Police Chief Michael McGrath said this yesterday at an afternoon press conference: “Fire department respondent, and go there in about 5 minutes. The initial call was for Fire/EMS, it wasn’t a police call, the fire department went there, EMS arrived, they assisted the victim into their wagon.  The fire department interviewed Mr. Sowell inside his residence, they transported the victim, and I believe Mr. Sowell in the wagon to the hospital.”

The Police Chief goes on to say members of the fire department felt uneasy about the situation so they called in the police to meet them at the hospital.  The victim told police: “she stated she was in the house, she was partying, they were doing coke, drugs, getting high, she was out on the upper balcony, dropped her keys, well when she went to pick them up, she fell off the roof.”  According to the Police Chief, the victim told investigators at the hospital Anthony Sowell was her boyfriend, he was in the waiting room, and when police went to talk to him, his story matched hers.  Sowell said:  ”Yes, this is my girlfriend, we were partying all day… she went off the roof, that’s why we are here.”  Investigators ruled the incident, “Accidental Injury” and there was no inclination that Sowell was a sexual predator.

October 29, 2009 – Sowell was arrested for charges of rape and felonious assault. Earlier in the day, according to John O’Brien, a resident in the neighborhood saw Sowell pulling scraps off an abandoned house, and walking around, that’s when that good Samaritan called police.

November 4, 2009 – Anthony Sowell appeared in court today, he was arraigned and is so far facing these charges: 5 counts of Aggravated Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, and Felonious Assault.  Sowell is being held without bond, and currently has a public defender.  He could face the death penalty.

– John O’Brien from the Sheriff’s office is currently working to confirm the exact information regarding the alleged assault on September 22, 2009, including when the assault was first reported, when investigators began looking for Sowell, and why it took until October 29 to get him in handcuffs.

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