On this date, 12 August 2011, the
Cleveland Strangler Serial Killer, Anthony Sowell was sentenced to death by
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Dick Ambrose in Ohio. We, the VFFDP,
personally doubt that Anthony Sowell was truly repentant of his crimes as he
kept his eyes closed as though he was sleeping. Unlike Troy Davis, why do the abolitionists not wear
T-shirts with the words, ‘I AM ANTHONY SOWELL’. We care for murdered victims
and their families regardless of their race.
Please go to this previous Blog Post
to remember the 11 victims murdered by Anthony Sowell, we posted those quotes
by the victims’ families who gave their victim impact statements. We will also
post a news article from Vanessa Gay, who was a homicide survivor and also
upload a video of the victims’ families giving their impact statements.
INTERNET
SOURCE:
Survivor of
Anthony Sowell attack, Vanessa Gay, speaks out on East Cleveland killings
(video, slideshow)
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on July 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM, updated July 25, 2013 at 8:48 AM
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on July 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM, updated July 25, 2013 at 8:48 AM
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Vanessa Gay --
who in 2008 survived an attack by notorious Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell and then bravely
testified during his murder trial in 2011 -- spoke out this afternoon in
the wake of the murders of three women in East Cleveland.
Gay was one of a few of Sowell's
victims who survived a sexual assault.
Sowell was sentenced to death after
being convicted of killing 11 women and burying their bodies in and around his
Imperial Avenue home in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland.
The Plain Dealer does not name rape
victims as a matter of policy. But Gay said during an interview after her
testimony in 2011 that she hopes to reach out to other survivors of sexual
assault and expressed a wish for her identity to be known.
During her testimony then, Gay -- a
recovering addict who had been sober for 16 months -- sobbed and recounted
the memory of the night she crossed paths with Sowell. On Wednesday, she stood
again in support of the families of more murder victims.
Gay was
among more than 150 people, including East Cleveland residents and elected
officials who attended a rally Wednesday evening.
Gay, 39, said she also knew Michael Madison, who has been charged in the East Cleveland case and is being held on $6 million bond.
She said she knew him and would speak to him in passing because she goes to some East Cleveland plazas where she would bump into him.
Gay said she
attended the rally to show her support of the victims -- but that she also
gains support from others to get through the pain she suffered.
“Police
need to be more vigilant about watching sex offenders and the community
needs to have more value for women,” she said.
CHECK
THIS VIDEO TO HEAR THE VICTIMS’ IMPACT STATEMENT:
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