Cleveland Strangler Anthony Sowell dead – Beast who murdered 11 women and hid bodies in his home dies in prison at 61

Anthony Sowell – The serial killer Anthony Sowell, who was convicted of killing close to a dozen women, has died in prison on Monday afternoon.

Sowell was sentenced to Chillicothe Correctional Institution after killing 11 women and leaving their bodies to rot around his Cleveland, Ohio home.

Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell died in prison on Monday afternoon — Sowell was found to have had at least six bodies in his Cleveland homeCredit: Handout

A spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Corrections said Sowell was receiving end-of-life care for a terminal illness at the Franklin Medical Center, but emphasized it was not Covid-19 related.

Police in Cleveland were investigating Sowell for alleged rape when they entered his home in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of the city on October 29, 2009.

There, police found two bodies.

A spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Corrections told Fox8 Sowell was receiving end-of-life care for a terminal illness at the Franklin Medical Center on Monday afternoon – but emphasized it was not Covid-19 related.

State prison officials moved Sowell from Death Row at Chillicothe to the Franklin Medical Center in Columbus on January 21.

He died at 3:27PM, the spokeswoman said.

State prison officials notified the victims’ families of his death.

“I am glad he is dead,” said Tonia Carmichael’s daughter Donnita Carmichael.

“God made it happen. I will never ever ever forgive him.”

“We can go on because he’s dead,” said Janice Webb’s sister Joann Moore.

“We don’t have to hear about him anymore.”

Police were investigating Sowell for an alleged rape when they found the 11 bodies of women in his homeCredit: AP:Associated Press

Anthony Sowell - Sowell was sentenced to death but kept appealing as recently as last May — Sowell was sentenced to death but kept appealing as recently as last MayCredit: AP:Associated Press

Police in Cleveland were investigating Sowell in a rape case when they entered his home in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of the city on October 29, 2009.

There, officers found two bodies.

As police continued to search Sowell’s home, they went on to find and identify the remains of 11 women: Tonia Carmichael, Nancy Cobbs, Tishana Culver, Crystal Dozier, Telacia Fortson, Amelda Hunter, Leshanda Long, Michelle Mason, Kim Yvette Smith, Diane Turner and Janice Webb.

It wasn’t until two years after the investigation that a Cuyahoga County jury found Sowell guilty on 81 counts, including aggravated murder and kidnapping.