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Ohio rapist charged with murder | Ohio rapist charged with murder |
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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. | 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, assault and kidnapping, police spokesman Lt Thomas Stacho said. | |
Mr Sowell, a registered sex offender, is due in court on Wednesday. | Mr Sowell, a registered sex offender, is due in court on Wednesday. |
Lt Stacho said on Tuesday that police had possibly found another four bodies and a skull at the house. The bodies of six women were found there last week. | |
He said the latest bodies were found buried in the back garden of the house, in the city of Cleveland, and the skull was in a bucket in the basement. | |
Speaking at a press conference, he said detectives were searching the home and backyard for further evidence. | |
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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Mr Sowell - who spent 15 years in prison for a 1989 rape - was arrested on Saturday not far from his home. |