Grand jury in Cleveland adds death penalty option in case against suspect in triple slayings

Published January 13, 2015

The prosecutor in Cleveland has decided to seek the death penalty against a triple murder suspect whose alleged victims were found in trash bags.

Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced Tuesday that a grand jury added specifications that could lead to a death sentence for 36-year-old Michael Madison.

He's charged with killing three women and dumping their bodies in trash bags.

The death-penalty option was added in an updated indictment that came after prosecutors reviewed the case.

Madison, a convicted sex offender, has pleaded not guilty.

His attorney had argued against making it a death-penalty case. The defense attorney did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment on the death penalty decision.

The bodies were found in July in trash bags in a run-down East Cleveland neighborhood.

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