HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By Feb 09, 2021 06:15 PM EST A Cleveland serial killer charged with killing 11 women in Cleveland died of a fatal disease in jail on Monday, authorities said. Cleveland serial killer died of terminal disease (Photo : Misty Stiver/Twitter) Serial killer Anthony Sowell has died. ODRC says he passed away at 3:27 p.m. today. Sowell was on death row for murdering 11 women in Cleveland. We’re told he had a terminal illness & had been in end of life care unit at the Franklin Medical Center since 1/21. Anthony Sowell, 61, was transferred to the end-of-life care center at a psychiatric treatment prison in Columbus on January 21, a spokesperson for the corrections department said.