Search for Cleveland serial killer's victims goes international

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The FBI is investigating whether Cleveland serial killer suspect Anthony Sowell maybe connected to killings as far away as Japan.
The Associated Press quotes FBI spokesman Scott Wilson as saying the agency will look into any murders Sowell may have committed while serving as a Marine from 1978 to 1985. ...

http://www.examiner.com/x-7520-Chicago-Crime-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Search-for-Cleveland-serial-killers-victims-goes-international-slideshow-link

The niece of the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, once lived with murder suspect Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender charged with murder after the remains of 11 victims were found at his home, a spokeswoman for the mayor said Monday.
Lori Frazier, niece of Mayor Frank Jackson, had a relationship with Sowell that ended two years ago, said Andrea Taylor, a spokeswoman for Jackson's office. Taylor said it is unclear whether the relationship was romantic.
"I just want to know why, why he would do this," Frazier told CNN affiliate WOIO on Friday. "He took care of me, good care of me. I never would have thought there were some bodies in the house."
"I lived with him from 2005 to 2007 and he didn't kill me, but he killed all these girls," she said. ...

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/09/cleveland.bodies/

It will be a long time before the full story comes out.