Ohio police to resume search after finding 3 bodies in shrink wrap; 'pray to God' no more found, mayor says

PHOTO: Law enforcement and FBI stand at the back of a boarded-up home where bodies were found earlier in the day Saturday, July 20, 2013 in East Cleveland, Ohio. Police say three bodies have been found in plastic bags in East Cleveland. Police Commander Mike Cardilli said a woman's body was found Friday in a garage and two other bodies were found Saturday _ one in a backyard and the other in the basement of a vacant house.

Police plan to expand their search Sunday for possibly more victims after three bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags in a Cleveland suburb.

The bodies, believed to be female, were found about 100 to 200 yards apart, and a 35-year-old man was arrested and is a suspect in all three deaths, though he has not yet been charged, East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton said Saturday.

The suspect is a registered sex offender and has served prison time, the mayor said. In police interviews, the man led them to believe he might have been influenced by convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell, Norton told The Associated Press.

"He said some things that led us to believe that in some way, shape, or form, Sowell might be an influence," the mayor said.

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