Death-penalty option added in triple slayings in Cleveland

CLEVELAND (AP) — The prosecutor in Cleveland has decided to seek the death penalty against a triple-murder suspect whose alleged victims were found in trash bags.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty today announced that a grand jury added specifications that could lead to a death sentence for 36-year-old Michael Madison.

He’s charged with killing three women and dumping their bodies in trash bags.

The death-penalty option was added in an updated indictment that came after prosecutors reviewed the case.

Madison, a convicted sex offender, has pleaded not guilty.

His attorney had argued against making it a death-penalty case. There was no immediate defense comment on the death-penalty decision in response to a message.

The bodies were found in July in trash bags in a run-down East Cleveland neighborhood.