More charges against Cleveland suspect accused in 11 deaths
CLEVELAND (AP) — The suspect in the slayings of 11 women whose remains were found in and around a Cleveland home has been indicted on attempted murder, kidnapping and felonious assault charges, the prosecutor announced today.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason said a grand jury returned the three-count indictment against Anthony Sowell, 50, in an attack on a 42-year-old Cleveland woman at Sowell’s home.
Sowell will be arraigned on the counts Tuesday, according to the court docket. He was indicted earlier on 85 counts for attacks on women.
Mason said the cold-case squad in his office is investigating unsolved homicides for the period when Sowell lived in Cleveland and East Cleveland.
He also expressed confidence that the attack survivors and the victims’ families would see justice, noting that his office has had a greater than 90 percent conviction rate over the last 11 years.
Authorities say Sowell lured women to his home and attacked them. The remains of 10 women and a skull were found in the residence or buried in the yard.
Some of the victims had been missing for more than a year. Their bodies were discovered between Oct. 29 and Nov. 3.
Sowell’s attorneys could not be reached for immediate comment on the latest charges.