Sex offender to be charged over Ohio killings of three women The finds constitute the Cleveland area's latest high-profile case of missing women. Earlier this year, three women in an unrelated case were found and freed after being held captive in a home for years. Mayor Gary Norton said the suspect indicated he might have been influenced by Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell, who was convicted in 2011 of murdering 11 women and sentenced to death. Sowell was arrested after a woman escaped from his house and said she had been raped. Police found the 11 women's mostly nude bodies in garbage bags and plastic sheets throughout the home. Police Chief Spotts said the suspect's comments hadn't provided clarity on whether more bodies might be found. "He really hasn't stated that there's any more, but he hasn't said anything that would make us think that there's not," he said.