This act would be the factor to his arrest, for in 1997, two years after a task force investigating the New Orleans killings was formed, said task force classified Ellwood as a suspect.
The deputies didn't find any motor oil, oil-changing supplies, oil filters, or brake pads in Ellwood's taxi, but they let him go.
He claimed that he was trying to change the oil in his taxi in a location where no one could see him dumping the dirty oil outside. A year later, a partially-undressed Ellwood returned to the crime scene of Cheryl Lewis in the middle of the night and was spotted by two off-duty St. These two murders were part of a series of killings of at least 26 prostitutes spanning from 1991 to 1996. Lewis and Mack's bodies were found on February 21 and February 22, respectively. Delores Mack was also killed, being drugged first and then fatally strangled. On February 2, Lewis was reported missing by her mother Lillian. Afterward, he dumped her body alongside Highway LA 3160 in Hahnville, Louisiana. For unknown reasons, he started killing, claiming the life of his first confirmed victim, Cheryl Lewis, by drugging her and then drowning her in a canal on February 1-3 of 1993.
Ellwood later inherited $15,000 from his mother but lost it all by investing it in penny stocks. He eventually found a job as a freelance photographer, but quit for unspecified reasons and then became a taxi driver, using his vehicle as his own home when he couldn't afford a boarding house. However, upon entering the state, Ellwood was soon arrested for traffic charges. Always on the suspect list, he agreed to move to New Orleans, Louisiana, on January to clear his name and solve his cases. Little is known about Ellwood's early life, other than he was possibly born in Massillon, Ohio and served time in Ohio and Florida for drug charges and probation violations. "I'm willing to confess to two cases and give you all the details when I return to Louisiana."
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