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 EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio Police on Monday charged a man who they say might have been influenced by a local serial killer after three bodies were found in a low income neighborhood. The bodies, believed to be female, were found about 100... (Associated Press) 
 
 Law enforcement and FBI stand at the back of a boarded-up home where bodies were found earlier in the day Saturday, July 20, 2013 in East Cleveland, Ohio. Police say three bodies have been found in plastic... (Associated Press) 
 
 An investigator and his dog search a wooded area Sunday, July 21, 2013 near where three bodies were recently found in East Cleveland, Ohio. Searchers rummaging through vacant houses in a neighborhood... (Associated Press) 
 
 Police and volunteers scoured about 40 empty homes Sunday until their search was suspended, with no immediate plans to resume, said East Cleveland Police Chief Ralph Spotts. He identified the suspect as 35-year-old Michael Madison and said Madison was to be charged Monday but did not elaborate. An odor led to the discovery Friday of one body in a garage. Police Commander Mike Cardilli said a woman's body was found Friday in a garage and two other bodies were found Saturday _ one in a backyard and the other in the basement of a vacant house. The bodies of the three women, all wrapped in plastic bags, were found about 100 to 200 yards apart, and authorities believed the victims were killed in the last six to 10 days. They're part of the latest in a series of high-profile cases involving the disappearance of women from the Cleveland area. Michael Madison / East Cleveland Police via WOIO 
 
 Mayor Gary Norton said the suspect has 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. Madison threatened about a month ago to attack women in the same fashion as Sowell, said Eric Wilson, a neighbor who saw Madison frequently. / City of Cleveland 
 
 At a press conference Monday morning East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton described the suspect as "an individual who has no regard for human life." A woman at a small white house at an address for Madison said the family was shocked by the allegations. A woman at a small white house at the address Madison used in the state sex offender database answered a few questions through the blinds of a window Sunday, refusing to come out or give her name. It wasn't immediately clear whether Madison has an attorney. He had previous convictions in 2000 and 2001 for drug-related charges. Wilson and others said Madison was a neighborhood fixture, constantly walking up and down streets and seen everywhere. Teenager Daniqwa Martin said Madison had offered her a ride in the past but she always declined. Norton said authorities have "lots of reasons" to suspect there are more victims, but he refused to say why. Spotts indicated later Sunday that the suspect's comments haven'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," Spotts said. Teenager Daniqwa Martin said she smelled the odor Tuesday but ignored it, thinking it was a dead animal.
– Police tell WKYC that Michael Madison, the registered sex offender suspected in the murders of three women in Cleveland, has confessed to one of the killings. He was charged with three counts of aggravated murder today, CBS News reports, and his bail has been set at $6 million. Meanwhile, one of the victims has been identified as Angela Deskins, 38. Authorities are asking for anyone with information on possible IDs of the other two women to call 1-800-CALL-FBI. Autopsies on the badly decomposed bodies are complete, but cause of death has not yet been determined. Volunteer searchers were told yesterday to expect more remains to be found, but the search was called off—for now, at least—last night. All three victims are believed to have been murdered in the past six to 10 days, the AP reports. The mayor says detectives, who are still questioning Madison, have "lots of reasons" to believe there are more victims. A neighbor who saw Madison frequently says the man threatened, about a month ago, to attack women in a similar fashion as Anthony Sowell, who was convicted of murdering 11 women whose bodies were found in his Cleveland home in 2009. Madison also indicated to police that Sowell may have influenced him.