Cause of death of 11th victim at Cleveland home remains a mystery, autopsy report shows

Death of 11th victim at Ohio home remains mystery

CLEVELAND — An autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press shows a coroner could not determine a cause of death for an 11th victim whose skull was found in a sex offender’s Cleveland home.

The report was released Monday by the Cuyahoga County coroner’s office and shows 25-year-old Le’Shanda Long died of homicidal violence.

Her skull was found in a pink plastic bucket in the basement of Anthony Sowell’s home in November. The rest of her remains have not been found.

The report says that the skull was intact but that the bucket had bite marks around the rim that weren’t made by a person.

Autopsies released last week for the other 10 victims showed most were strangled with household objects.

Sowell has pleaded not guilty to killing the 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home.