CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say they have confirmed a total of at least 11 victims whose remains were found in the Cleveland home of Anthony Sowell.
The Cuyahoga County coroner's office said Wednesday that a skull found in a bucket in Sowell's basement belonged to a body they have not yet found.
Authorities also say they have identified one of the victims as 53-year-old Tonia Carmichael, who disappeared a year ago.
Police Chief Michael McGrath says her remains were buried in the back yard and had marks indicating she was strangled.
Carmichael's daughter Markiesha Carmichael-Jacobs says her mother struggled with drug addiction and frequented Sowell's neighborhood.
Anthony Sowell appeared Wednesday before Municipal Court Judge Ronald Adrine on five counts of aggravated murder.
The 50-year-old Sowell looked straight at the judge as a prosecutor asked that he be held without bond and described him as an "incredibly dangerous threat to the public."
Sowell has been in jail since last week after police recovered the bodies of six women from his home.
Authorities dug up four more bodies Tuesday and found a skull in his basement.
Police plan to continue to search Sowell's house and expand their search of vacant homes in the neighborhood.
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