A Cleveland man on death row for killing 11 women died of natural causes in a prison hospital on Monday, a report said.
Anthony Sowell, 61, who was nicknamed the “Cleveland strangler” for the murders, was convicted and sentenced in 2011 for the murders. He had a terminal illness and died at Franklin Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, an official told WJW.
Relatives of Sowell’s victims were relieved to learn of his death.
“I’m glad he’s dead,” Donnita Carmichael, daughter of victim Tonia Carmichael, told the network.
“God made it happen. I will never forgive you, ”she said.
Joann Moore, whose sister Janice Webb was killed by Sowell, told the channel: “We can continue because he is dead. We don’t need to hear about it anymore. “
The remains of the 11 women were found by police at Sowell’s Cleveland home.
The first two bodies were discovered in October 2009, while police were investigating Sowell for a rape case, the report said.
Sowell repeatedly appealed his death sentence and sentence, claiming that he was not tried and that his lawyers represented him ineffectively during the sentence.
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