» 
» 
» 
» 
» 
» 
» 
(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond.
CLEVELAND— The search for victims of a suspected serial killer is expanding far beyond his Ohio home and yard, where police have found the remains of at least 11 people.
The FBI is reviewing its national database of unsolved crimes for any clues to possible connections to Anthony Sowell, particularly at locations where he served in the military, said Scott Wilson, an FBI spokesman in Cleveland.
Sowell, 50, was in the Marines from 1978 to 1985 and spent time in California, the Carolinas as well as Japan, Wilson said.
FBI behavioral specialists visited the Sowell property in Cleveland over the weekend and will try to develop a profile of the killings that could help determine if investigations need to be opened or reopened elsewhere, Wilson said.
Sowell was stationed at various times at Parris Island, S.C.; Cherry Point, N.C.; Okinawa, Japan; and Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Investigators in the city of East Cleveland also are reviewing three unsolved slayings in 1988 and 1989, after Sowell returned there from service in the Marines and before he went to prison for attempted rape, said Sgt. Ken Bolton, a detective for the police department in the Cleveland suburb.
Sowell has been charged in Cleveland with five counts of aggravated murder. He was indicted Monday on one count of attempted murder, two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of felonious assault in an alleged attack Sept. 22 that led to the search of his home that ultimately turned up the bodies.
Sowell has asked for a court-appointed attorney, but court records don't reflect that one has been chosen.
Police in Coronado, Calif., near Camp Pendleton, said a woman told them she saw Sowell's mug shot on TV and was sure he had raped her in 1979. Officers talked with the woman but were unable to confirm her story because rape investigation records from 30 years ago have been thrown out, said Jesus Ochoa, Coronado police commander.
"She seemed credible," he said.
