Katia AsmarMrs. RoseEnglish 12 1st period23 February 2014Cleveland: grabbed by the neck“To this day he never told me he loved me…never…never in his life…it's too hard to explain,” Anthony Sowell says, mentioning his mother while being interrogated by Cleveland Homicide Detectives (Sberna). The classic neighbor that every family wishes to have, friendly, helpful and caring, hid numerous secrets. In the acts of rape, beating and murder of 11 innocent women, Anthony Sowell demonstrates the quality of a human monster as he shows how education creates a personality and demonstrates that human beings are capable of creating more fear than those written about in fiction.Anthony Sowell was born on August 19, 1959 (Cleveland Municipal Court Anthony). also known as “Tone” lived at 12205 Imperial Avenue on the third floor (House of Horrors). “As a child Sowell suffered endless physical abuse at the hands of his mother and grandmother,” Leona Davis testified (International Affairs). , Davis, who was Sowell's niece, stated that "Sowell's mother, Claudia Garrison, stripped the children naked, tied them to poles or railings, and whipped them, sometimes with electrical cords." (International Affairs) Anthony's mother was also known to beat them with high heels. Due to the fact that Anthony had a horrible childhood and lack of a father, Sowell went down the wrong path, including drugs and alcohol. In 2005, before returning to Cleveland, Sowell served 15 years in prison for raping a pregnant woman (International Business). Based on testimony given in court, Anthony Sowell came from what you would call a very nurturing background. The acts of Anthony Sowell were due to the acts of nurtur...... middle of paper...... with. All these laws start with the number 29 which indicates that they are all imputed to the criminal courts. 2903.01(A) of the Ohio Revised Code that Anthony Sowell has been charged with on numerous counts is aggravated murder. 2927.01 (B) is Tampering with a Corpse under the ORC.Sberna, Robert. House of Horrors: The Shocking True Story of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Strangler. Kent, Ohio: Black Squirrel Books, 2012. Print.House of Horrors delves into the gruesome details of Anthony Sowell's rape survivor and nearly twelfth murder. She gives details of how the night went before she was attacked by the serial killer. Additionally, this book contains author notes written to Anthony Sowell as well as there are letters written to the author by Anthony Sowell while he is serving his death sentence in the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, Ohio.