east cleveland police chief ralph spotts called the discoveries an absolute worst case scenario despite the arrest of a suspect people in the east cleveland neighborhood said they are still anxious some concerned family members can take comfort in knowing their loved one is not one of the victims norton said it is unclear where madisons mother is he said or where he was living at the time of his arrest while the identities of the three victims are currently unknown norton said that investigators believe all of the victims were black women who were killed within the last six to 10 days we believe every hour he was on the street he would have been a danger to someone norton told abcnewscom based on investigators initial reports only one of the bodies was found without clothing madison said some things that led us to believe that in some way shape or form sowell might be an influence norton said something like this is very upsetting not only for me but for my children and grandchildren east cleveland resident bernadette bass said sowell who was described in court papers as the worst offender in the history of cuyahoga county and arguably the state of ohio was sentenced to death in 2011 after he was found guilty of killing 11 women and hiding their remains around his cleveland home from june 2007 to july 2009 while norton could only provide details on the shirts the other two women had on he did not know if they were fully dressed when they were uncovered with no autopsies scheduled at this time others will have to continue to wait he said the cuyahoga county medical examiners office confirmed the three women were found in states of advanced decomposition making it difficult to determine their final causes of death but were not soliciting dna samples from families of missing persons at this time matter of fact i am moving im about ready to leave hopefully we pray to god this is it the gruesome discovery was made just 10 miles from the home where ariel castro allegedly held three women captive for nearly a decade until they were able to escape in may despite the fact that madison was registered as living at his mothers home several miles away from where the bodies were found he was wellknown in the neighborhood police returned to the neighborhood to find two more bodies in the backyard and in the basement of nearby vacant homes the next day east cleveland mayor gary norton said michael madison 35 was arrested friday after authorities uncovered the body of a woman who had been wrapped in several garbage bags in a garage near a vacant east cleveland home where he was apprehended another resident said the discovery has convinced her its time to find a new place to live he was a person who frequented the area and had spoken to and approached multiple women in the area norton said