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Bodies found at US rapist's house Six bodies at US rapist's house
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Police in the Ohio city of Cleveland have found at least three bodies at the home of a convicted rapist. Six bodies have been found at the home of a convicted rapist in the US city of Cleveland, Ohio, authorities say.
The badly decomposed remains were discovered at the house of 50-year-old Antony Sowell when police came to arrest him on a rape charge. Police discovered the first two bodies on Thursday when they came to arrest Anthony Sowell, 50, on a rape charge.
Police suspect they have also found a further three bodies at the property and are awaiting confirmation of this from the coroner. A third was found a day later and police have now confirmed three more. The remains were recovered in the house and in its backyard.
Sowell, who spent 15 years in prison for a 1989 rape, is now on the run. The suspect - who spent 15 years in prison for a 1989 rape - was arrested on Saturday not far from his home.
The bodies were found both inside the house and in its garden. Coroner Frank Miller said two of the bodies had been identified as black females, reports the AP news agency.
One of the bodies was found in a shallow grave dug in the basement of the property, local media report. Autopsies had been performed on all six, said the coroner's office, but no cause of death was announced.
On Friday, crowds gathered outside Sowell's home, in the city's East Side, holding posters of missing relatives and loved ones. It was such a disgusting sight... the stench from inside was overwhelming Lt Thomas Stacho
The Cleveland Police Department is offering a $12,000 (£7,200) reward for information that leads to Sowell's capture. Police chief Michael McGrath told a news conference that Sowell offered no resistance when arrested, following a tip-off, while walking down the street on Saturday at around noon.
The suspect initially denied he was the man authorities were looking for, but admitted his identity as officers began fingerprinting him, police said.
Chief McGrath said the bodies were in "various states of being decomposed" and could have been in the property for up to six months.
He said Sowell had initially lived in the house with his aunt and uncle, but his uncle had passed away and his aunt had gone to a nursing home about a year ago.
Police Lt Thomas Stacho told CNN: "It was such a disgusting sight."
"I can tell you I stood outside the home for about an hour yesterday, and the stench from inside was overwhelming," he added.
Neighbours told media that the suspect made a living from looking for scrap metal to sell.
Missing-person reports are being checked dating to June 2005, when Sowell was released from prison.
Crowds have been gathering outside Sowell's home, in the city's East Side, holding posters of missing loved ones.