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NEWS ABOUT: rapist

rapist stories: 6 news summaries
BAD IDEAS DEPT.

 Porn Director 
 Making Jaycee 
 Dugard Film 

Rep slams Shane Ryan's plan to focus on Jaycee and Phillip Garrido

Nov 18, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Worst idea of the day (year?) so far: A horror-porn director plans to make a film about kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and her relationship with accused abductor—and rapist—Phillip Garrido. A spokesperson for Dugard called the idea “exploitive, hurtful, and breathtakingly unkind” after filmmaker Shane Ryan told a... More »

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kidnapping • pornography • rape • kidnapper • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • rapist • Jaycee Dugard pornographer • Shane Ryan

Ohio Woman Tipped Cops to Sowell Last Year

Said she fought, fled his attack; allegations were dismissed

Nov 17, 09 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A Cleveland woman says she was assaulted by accused murderer Anthony Sowell last December in a struggle that left her blood at his house—but after she narrowly escaped and went to the police, authorities believed him instead of her. In the ensuing months, five more women went missing. Wade... More »

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Cleveland • murder • Ohio • assault • serial killers • allegations • rapist • Anthony Sowell

Police Find
11th Body at Rapist's House

First victim identified,
a 53-year-old woman missing for a year

Nov 4, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Cleveland police found another body at the home of convicted rapist Anthony Sowell, bringing the total to 11. Law enforcement also identified the first victim found as 53-year-old Tonia Carmichael, who went missing last November. "We expected the worst when these bodies starting popping up," a relative tells... More »

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Cleveland • murder • Ohio • missing person • rapist • Anthony Sowell

 Rapist Lived 
 Openly Among 
 Rotting Victims 

Anthony Sowell reeked

Nov 3, 09 5:11 AM CST
(Newser) - The Ohio rapist arrested in the strangulation of six women lived openly among their rotting corpses in his home, according to cops. Bodies were found exposed in bedrooms and the living room. Officers said the stench was overpowering. "Not a pretty sight inside the home," said a Cleveland... More »

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crime • murder • Ohio • rape • strangulation • rapist • Anthony Sowell

UPDATED

Six in Rapist's House Were Murdered, Women: Coroner

Still no IDs, partly due to advanced decomposition

Nov 1, 09 2:47 PM CST
(Newser) - All six bodies found in the Cleveland home of a convicted rapist were female, and all were apparently strangled, police say. None of the victims found at the home of Anthony Sowell has been identified, a coroner's spokesman said today, and relatives of missing women have been coming forward to... More »

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Cleveland • murder • serial rapists • rapist • Anthony Sowell

 Cops Find 6 Bodies 
 at Rapist's House 

He's arrested as search in Cleveland continues

Oct 31, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cleveland police have arrested a convicted rapist and discovered the remains of six bodies in and around his house. They're asking relatives of missing persons to bring them anything with DNA evidence to help identify the victims, reports the Plain Dealer . Anthony Sowell, 50, has lived at the house since... More »

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