Cleveland Serial Killer

You most likely saw me on ABC last night, discussing the Cleveland serial killer case.

Police arriving at the home of Anthony Sowell on October 29th to arrest him on rape charges did not find their suspect. Instead, they found 11 female bodies in crawl spaces and shallow graves. Two days later they arrested Sowell as a suspect in the Cleveland serial killer case. Sowell, who previously served a 15-year prison term for a 1989 rape before being released in 2005, will most likely face numerous charges, including aggravated murder, abuse of corpses, rape, and kidnapping. He is currently being held without bond.

I was misquoted in the Associated Press today as saying that the murders were of no consequence. I am disappointed by that misrepresentation of my statement, which was that male serial killers are unfortunately a dime a dozen, unlike the truly unusual characteristics of the case of Destiny Blande being accused of the Satin Strangler murders. I certainly did not mean to diminish the loss of life in Cleveland or the impact on the families of the victims.