22:45 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nA sex offender who lived among the remains of 11 dead women at his home in Cleveland in the US state of Ohio has been convicted of killing all of them.<\/p>\n
Anthony Sowell was found guilty of aggravated murder, kidnapping, tampering with evidence and abuse of a human corpse in the 11 deaths.<\/p>\n
The 51-year-old former US Marine could face the death penalty.<\/p>\n
The bodies were found after police went to arrest Sowell in October 2009 on a sexual assault allegation.<\/p>\n
He showed little emotion on Friday as the jury returned their verdict of guilty on 82 counts after more than 15 hours of deliberation.<\/p>\n
Police criticised<\/span><\/p>\nThe trial heard how the women’s bodies had been disposed of in refuse bags and plastic sheets, then dumped around Sowell’s house and backyard.<\/p>\n
Nearly all of the women had been strangled and were nude from the waist down.<\/p>\n
Cleveland’s police force was accused of failing to properly investigate when the women began disappearing in 2007 as most of them were impoverished drug addicts.<\/p>\n
All of the victims were black, as is Sowell.<\/p>\n
During the trial, several women gave testimony of alleged attacks by Sowell, who was previously convicted of attempted rape in 1989.<\/p>\n
One woman told the court she had been raped by Sowell, and that she had seen a headless body in his home.<\/p>\n
Sowell’s sentencing begins on 1 August.<\/p>\n
Until the discovery of the bodies, many in the neighbourhood believed the bad smell was coming from a nearby sausage shop.<\/p>\n
The family-owned shop spent $20,000 (\u00a312,260) on plumbing and other maintenance in attempts to get rid of the odour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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