Death of 11th victim at Ohio home remains mystery
Associated Press Writers
CLEVELAND — An autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press shows a coroner could not determine a cause of death for an 11th victim whose skull was found in a sex offender's Cleveland home.
The report was released Monday by the Cuyahoga County coroner's office and shows 25-year-old Le'Shanda Long died of homicidal violence.
FILE - In this March 24, 2010 file photo, Anthony Sowell enters court for a pretrial hearing in Cleveland. The women who vanished into Cleveland's house of death were strangled by commonplace objects that were never intended for killing, autopsy reports obtained by The Associated Press reveal. The bodies of 11 women were unearthed last fall at the home of Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender who has pleaded not guilty to an 85-count indictment in their deaths. Eight were strangled, and nine had traces of cocaine or depressants in their systems. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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Her skull was found in a pink plastic bucket in the basement of Anthony Sowell's home in November. The rest of her remains have not been found.
The report says that the skull was intact but that the bucket had bite marks around the rim that weren't made by a person.
Autopsies released last week for the other 10 victims showed most were strangled with household objects.
Sowell has pleaded not guilty to killing the 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home.
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