Anthony Sowell

Judge in Ohio bodies case backs off reporter arrest threat; colleague leaked information. A judge threatened to arrest a newspaper reporter who saw a psychiatric evaluation of a serial-killing suspect, then backed off Wednesday when she learned that her predecessor in the case had made it available.

Prosecutor says suspect in 11 Ohio slayings indicted on attempted murder and other counts. The suspect in the slayings of 11 women whose remains were found in and around his home has been indicted on new charges involving an alleged choking attempt on a victim who survived, the prosecutor announced Thursday.

Man suspected in 11 Cleveland deaths sends letters, cards to Internet memorabilia company. An Internet site devoted to selling memorabilia from serial killers has posted envelopes, letters and a Christmas card sent by a Cleveland man accused of killing 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home.

Man suspected in 11 Cleveland deaths takes back plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. A Cleveland man charged with killing 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home has withdrawn his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Chronology of news events in 2009. JULY

In wake of Cleveland murders, more drug-addicted women seeking help. Drug-addicted women in Cleveland are seeking treatment in greater numbers after the discovery of 11 decomposing bodies in a sex offender's home more than a month ago.

Ohio man suspected in 11 homicides pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges. A registered sex offender accused of killing 11 women pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges Thursday, a plea that will leave the legal system to decide whether a sane person can live for years with 10 bodies and a skull.

A suspected US serial killer on Thursday pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering 11 women whose remains were found in and around his Ohio home, prosecutors said.

A suspected serial killer on Thursday pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the murders of 11 women whose remains were found in and around his Ohio home, prosecutors said.

Cleveland bodies case hard on nearby sausage shop that was once blamed for neighborhood odor. The owners of a sausage shop once blamed for a rotten neighborhood stench said they are trying to regroup now that police have determined the odor was coming from the home of an alleged serial killer.

Number of freed sex offenders overwhelming agencies that supervise them. The August rescue of Jaycee Dugard from the California property of a registered sex offender is among a number of recent cases nationwide that are demonstrating the difficulties faced by parole and probation officers. Included in the recent cases is the arrest of a registered sex offender in Cleveland after a woman accused him of rape. Police found the bodies of 11 women at his home.

After discovery of backyard horrors, Cleveland's focus shifts to healing, helping the living. Now that most of the bodies found at the home of a suspected serial killer have been identified, Cleveland is turning its attention to the living ? to any women who might be reluctant to come forward after encounters with a man now charged with murder and rape.

Crowd rallies at Cleveland house where 11 bodies found to thank coroner for speedy ID work. Residents have come together in Cleveland to thank the coroner's office for quickly identifying women whose remains were found at the home of a suspected serial killer.

Rape center in Cleveland opens line for women who may have survived attacks at bodies house. The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is launching a special hot line in hopes of hearing from those who survived encounters at the house where remains of 11 women were found.

FBI agents sifts for evidence in backyard of Cleveland home where remains of 11 women found. FBI agents sifted through dirt with rakes and shovels Saturday in the backyard of a suspected serial killer's home and ran a thermal-imaging device across the ground near the area where the decomposing bodies of several women were found.

A suspected serial killer pleaded not guilty Friday in a rape and kidnapping case that led to the discovery of the remains of 11 women in and around his Ohio home.

A suspected serial killer pleaded not guilty Friday in the rape and kidnapping case that led to the discovery of the remains of 11 women in and around his Ohio home.

The niece of Cleveland, Ohio's mayor unknowingly lived with an alleged serial killer for years but believed his claims that the stench of corpses at their home came from a local sausage factory.

A woman who lived for years with an alleged serial killer said she never suspected the putrid smell at their Cleveland, Ohio home came from decomposing bodies, after being told the stench came from a sausage factory.

Strangers, neighbors, onlookers flock to site of Cleveland serial killings for many reasons. Reggie Turner stopped by a growing memorial to 11 victims of an alleged serial killer because he knew one of the women. Michelle Lee came to pay her respects as a mother and grandmother. Mark Mason and two buddies rode their motorcycles to just take a look.