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Alleged serial killer held without bond

CLEVELAND (UPI) -- A Cleveland judge Wednesday ordered the man suspected of killing at least 10 people held without bond on five counts of aggravated murder.

Cleveland Municipal Judge Ronald Adrine said the charges against Anthony Sowell were the most serious he'd ever seen, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported.

Sowell was arrested Saturday after five decomposing bodies were found in his home and another body was discovered outside. Since then, police found four more bodies in the backyard of Sowell's home and a skull in the basement.

Assistant County Prosecutor Brian Murphy said, "(The) state believes (Sowell) is an incredibly dangerous threat to the public, not only in Cleveland, but beyond the city's limits."

Sowell, 50, faces the death penalty if convicted, Murphy said.

Fire officials, meanwhile, were to tear into walls and floors of Sowell's home in search of more remains, CNN reported. Police investigators resumed their gruesome dig in the yard.

"I like to believe there is nothing else more there, but we will not know until we finish the search," Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath said. "It appears that this man had an insatiable appetite that he had to fill."

Sowell is a registered sex offender, CNN reported. He was convicted for a 1989 rape and in prison from 1990 to 2005, police said. Since his release, he was listed as living at the Cleveland home where the bodies were found, McGrath said.

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This news arrived on: 11/04/2009

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