07-06-2011, 12:25 AM
thanks for keeping this thread alive LC, I've been pretty busy.
Unidentified victim tells court in Cleveland that Anthony Sowell brutally raped her in 2007
By: Michael Scott, The Plain Dealer
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Cleveland, Ohio -- Another witness who claims to be a rape survivor of accused serial killer Anthony Sowell told a judge and jury this afternoon that she was attacked in Sowell’s Imperial Avenue home in 2007.
The woman, whose identity was kept secret (her image was not shown on closed-circuit television being viewed by reporters), said she knew 8 of the 11 women whose remains were found in and around Sowell’s home in 2009.
(video from testimony link here)
She began testifying around 2 p.m., according to a moment-by-moment Twitter update by Stan Donaldson, one of two reporters from The Plain Dealer covering the trial.
The woman said she met Sowell in 2007 and drank alcohol and smoked crack with him at his Imperial Avenue home. Under cross-examination around 2:45, she admitted that she was once a prostitute.
The woman said, however, that she and Sowell did not have a sexual relationship. She said Sowell raped her in an upstairs room of his house, where she said the only items were a blanket and an extension cord.
She said she blacked out for several hours after Sowell raped her and told her “You’re not going anywhere,” when she was looking around for her clothing.
But then he let her borrow a shirt, apologized and allowed her to leave. The woman testified that she went to University Hospital, where she told a nurse that Sowell raped her, choking her with the extension cord.
"Why would you do this, I thought we were friends?" the woman said she told Sowell at the time.
The woman had remained composed throughout her testimony until shown pictures taken of the marks on her neck after the incident.
Other witnesses who appeared today included:
Bobby Dancy Sr., the father of victim Amelda Hunter's two sons. Dancy Sr., who was wearing a "Drug Free" T-shirt, said he raised his two sons. He said Hunter would go away for five days at a time. The last time he saw her was in April of 2009.
James Martin, the father of victim Diane Turner's daughter, who said he knew nine of the 11 victims found inside of the home on Imperial Avenue. "It was terrible," Martin said of odor that was around East 123rd and Imperial. "Everyone said it was the sewer system.
Denise Hunter, the sister of Amelda Hunter. She said the last time she saw her sister was in April of 2009. She said she visited Sowell's home in 2007. She said from what she saw there was a lot trash and debris inside of home "When I saw the house, I knew she was there," Hunter said of when she saw Sowell's home on television.
Sowell, 51, is charged with multiple counts of aggravated murder and a host of other offenses in the deaths of 11 women whose bodies were found in and around his home in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood in the fall of 2009. He also is accused of attacking several other women who survived. His trial began June 6, and he faces the death penalty if convicted.
Unidentified victim tells court in Cleveland that Anthony Sowell brutally raped her in 2007
By: Michael Scott, The Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio -- Another witness who claims to be a rape survivor of accused serial killer Anthony Sowell told a judge and jury this afternoon that she was attacked in Sowell’s Imperial Avenue home in 2007.
The woman, whose identity was kept secret (her image was not shown on closed-circuit television being viewed by reporters), said she knew 8 of the 11 women whose remains were found in and around Sowell’s home in 2009.
(video from testimony link here)
She began testifying around 2 p.m., according to a moment-by-moment Twitter update by Stan Donaldson, one of two reporters from The Plain Dealer covering the trial.
The woman said she met Sowell in 2007 and drank alcohol and smoked crack with him at his Imperial Avenue home. Under cross-examination around 2:45, she admitted that she was once a prostitute.
The woman said, however, that she and Sowell did not have a sexual relationship. She said Sowell raped her in an upstairs room of his house, where she said the only items were a blanket and an extension cord.
She said she blacked out for several hours after Sowell raped her and told her “You’re not going anywhere,” when she was looking around for her clothing.
But then he let her borrow a shirt, apologized and allowed her to leave. The woman testified that she went to University Hospital, where she told a nurse that Sowell raped her, choking her with the extension cord.
"Why would you do this, I thought we were friends?" the woman said she told Sowell at the time.
The woman had remained composed throughout her testimony until shown pictures taken of the marks on her neck after the incident.
Other witnesses who appeared today included:
Bobby Dancy Sr., the father of victim Amelda Hunter's two sons. Dancy Sr., who was wearing a "Drug Free" T-shirt, said he raised his two sons. He said Hunter would go away for five days at a time. The last time he saw her was in April of 2009.
James Martin, the father of victim Diane Turner's daughter, who said he knew nine of the 11 victims found inside of the home on Imperial Avenue. "It was terrible," Martin said of odor that was around East 123rd and Imperial. "Everyone said it was the sewer system.
Denise Hunter, the sister of Amelda Hunter. She said the last time she saw her sister was in April of 2009. She said she visited Sowell's home in 2007. She said from what she saw there was a lot trash and debris inside of home "When I saw the house, I knew she was there," Hunter said of when she saw Sowell's home on television.
Sowell, 51, is charged with multiple counts of aggravated murder and a host of other offenses in the deaths of 11 women whose bodies were found in and around his home in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood in the fall of 2009. He also is accused of attacking several other women who survived. His trial began June 6, and he faces the death penalty if convicted.