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Ohio rapist 'charged with murder' Ohio rapist charged with murder
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A rapist living in an Ohio home where several bodies have been found has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder, police in the US say. A convicted rapist living in an Ohio home where several bodies have been found has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder, US police say.
Anthony Sowell, 50, was also charged with rape, felonious assault and kidnapping, Cleveland police spokesman Lt Thomas Stacho says, quoted by AP. Anthony Sowell, 50, was also charged with rape, assault and kidnapping, Cleveland police spokesman Lt Thomas Stacho says, quoted by AP.
Mr Sowell, a registered sex offender, is due in court on Wednesday.Mr Sowell, a registered sex offender, is due in court on Wednesday.
The police found the bodies of six women at his home last week, followed by reports of two more earlier today. Police found the bodies of six women at his home last week, followed by reports of two more earlier today.
A Cleveland TV station said the two latest bodies were found buried in the back garden of the home.
Detectives were using dogs and digging equipment to search the home and backyard for evidence, Lt Stacho said.
The BBC's North America correspondent Matthew Price says the nondescript wooden house on the suburban street in Ohio is slowly giving up its secrets.
Our correspondent says people living nearby held a vigil outside the house this week, in memory of those found so far.
Some clutched photographs of women who have gone missing from the area in recent years.
Mr Sowell - who spent 15 years in prison for a 1989 rape - was arrested on Saturday not far from his home.