Six women found dead inside an Ohio home…

Anthony Sowell, convicted sex offender case – Police say the bodies were found inside his home.

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I just got off the phone with Powell Cesar, spokesman with the Cuyahoga County Corner’s office in Ohio.  He says, the corner’s office can confirm there were six female bodies found inside the home where Anthony Sowell lives.  It is confirmed four of the women died by strangulation, the fifth victim ‘may’ have died by strangulation (working to determine).  The sixth body was badly decomposed and it may take some time to determine the cause of death.  Cesar says, “the bodies could have been there from weeks, to months to years.  Some were covered in blankets, some found in a crawl space, and others in a shallow grave.  When the corner’s office arrived on the scene, they had their hands full.  They had to secure the bodies, bring in a cadaver dog, and determine a fix manner and cause of death, then the next step is to determine the women’s age, race and gender.  We know for sure, two of the women were African American.  Anthropologists in their office can figure out quickly whether the bodies are male or female because of their pelvis bone.  Right now, the Cleveland 4^th district headquarters has a command post set up, and are looking for families with loved ones who are missing.  They are collecting DNA samples from those family members, and the corners office will try to match up those samples to the victims.  Cesar says, “the only case I can compare this to is a house fire where five people perished, but something like this is a big case.”  Another case Cesar mentioned in comparison was the case of Jeffery Lungrin who was executed on October 24, 2006 for killing a family of five in 1989.  The youngest victim in that case was only 7-years-old.  You can read the press release here. http://www.drc.ohio.gov/public/press/press253.htm