Nobody's Women: The Crimes and Victims of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Serial Killer (30 page)

Crawl space in the third floor sitting room at the house on Imperial, where the remains of Tishana Culver were found.

An officer checks the walls in the hallway next to the sitting room on the third floor. After finding Tishana Culver’s body in a crawl space, searchers tore through the walls looking for other hidden bodies.

Members of the Cuyahoga County coroner’s office study the ceiling in the kitchen of 12205 Imperial as they search for more bodies.

Anthony Sowell’s bedroom in his third floor apartment.

Receipts, jewelry, pill bottles, and a bus pass were among the evidence seized at the Imperial house.

Search teams found jewelry from almost every victim at the house.

A number of ligatures and strangling tools were discovered both on the victims and around the house.

Victims’ phones were also found around the house, their batteries removed.

Imperial Beverage, three doors down from 12205 Imperial, was frequented by Sowell, as well as most of his victims.
DANIEL OWEN

In the days following the discovery of the bodies, community members posted pictures and descriptions of their missing loved ones, wondering who else might be among Sowell’s victims.
DANIEL OWEN