It was reported by Davis that the other males in the household also committed the rapes. Sowell himself began raping his niece on an almost daily basis for two years, starting when she was 10. In one incident, Garrison forced Davis to strip naked in front of the other children, then whipped her with electrical cords until she bled. According to Sowell's niece, Leona Davis, Garrison subjected them to physical abuse while her own children watched from adjacent rooms. Seven other children belonging to Sowell's sister also lived in the household, having moved in after her death following a chronic illness. After being sentenced to death for the murders, Sowell died in prison from a terminal illness.Īnthony Edward Sowell was born and raised in East Cleveland, Ohio, one of seven children born to single parent Claudia "Gertrude" Garrison. He was convicted in 2011 of murdering 11 women whose bodies were discovered at his Cleveland, Ohio, home in 2009. Anthony Edward Sowell (Aug– February 8, 2021) was an American serial killer and rapist known as the Cleveland Strangler.
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