Online concern grows over possible New England serial killer – Boston 25 News

BROCKTON, Mass. — In some corners of social media, like Fb, the concept a serial killer could possibly be on the prowl in New England is getting extra standard.

This FB group, New England SK, has practically 9 thousand members

In different boards, individuals are posting their concern that some or all the our bodies lately present in New England is perhaps linked.

Because the starting of March, seven our bodies have turned up in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts

Among the our bodies are unidentified stays.

The our bodies found in Groton and Killingly, Connecticut, are near a RI case.

To this point, Regulation Enforcement shouldn’t be connecting the circumstances, nevertheless,

the speak on-line has been so loud that lately, Groton CT Police issued a press release that stated partly:

“Regarding references circulating on social media about incidents in the State of Rhode Island, we currently have no information connecting those events to any of the incidents in Groton.”

Right here in Massachusetts, the invention of a human cranium in Plymouth and one other set of stays in Framingham can also be being checked out

Within the late Nineteen Eighties, a serial killer struck the New Bedford space: 9 girls murdered, two lacking.

Creator Maureen Boyle coated the case on the time and wrote a e book, “Shallow Graves,” concerning the historical past of the unsolved case.

She is skeptical {that a} new serial killer is at work proper now.

“Just because you have bodies found in a variety of places in New England, that does not mean that there is a serial killer on the loose in the area,” Boyle stated.

Boyle is anxious that on-line hypothesis can damage folks.

“This is not a game. These involve real people, these involve real families, this is serious business.” Boyle added.

Within the Framingham case, Middlesex County DA Marian Ryan’s workplace stated it doesn’t seem that foul play was an element within the particular person’s dying.

And within the case of the human cranium lately found within the woods of Plymouth, the DA’s workplace says the case continues to be underneath investigation.

This can be a growing story. Verify again for updates as extra info turns into accessible.

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