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SWAT Raid Uncovers First Bodies
- Police executed an arrest warrant at Anthony Sowell's Imperial Avenue home after a sexual assault report by Letundra Billips.
- Officers found a locked, dark sitting room and two decomposed bodies partially covered in black plastic when they broke the door down.
Neighbor Drives The Suspect After Discovery
- Neighbor Debby spotted Anthony alive at his sister's and drove him back toward the crime scene before realizing he might be the killer.
- She later told police he said, "that girl made me do it," and then refused to go back to the scene with her.
Smell Normalization Hid Evidence
- Neighbors and businesses blamed the persistent stench on Ray's Sausage and general filth rather than suspecting human remains.
- That community normalization of odor helped conceal multiple bodies in plain sight for months.