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October 20th, 2014, 07:40 AM
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Authorities announced early Monday that they had discovered the bodies of three more women in Gary, Ind., following the weekend confession by 43-year-old man who told police he had killed "several" women in northwest Indiana.
The Lake County coroner's office said the women were were found in two different locations in Gary. The coroner's office called the three new deaths all homicides, with one victim strangled and unspecified injuries for the other two women.
Police in Hammond, Ind. were led to the man, who has not yet been formally charged and authorities aren't naming, after finding the body of Afrika Hardy, 19, at Motel 6 in that city city on Friday. She had been strangled, according to the Lake County, Ind. Coroner's office.
Investigators developed a lead that led them to the man, who is from Gary, on Saturday afternoon.
"A subsequent interrogation of the person of interest ... led to the man making a confession and then leading detectives to the city of Gary where several other female victims of possible homicides were located," Hammond Police Lt. Richard Hoyda said in a written statement.
On Sunday, Gary Police say that the man led police to three victims -- all women -- in that city. One of those women discovered was Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville, Ind. She had been reported missing by family earlier this month.
The coroner's office said in a statement that the three new deaths announced Monday were all homicides, with one victim strangled and unspecified injuries for the other two women.
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Hammond's mayor, Thomas McDermott Jr., described the suspect on his Facebook page on Sunday as an "admitted serial killer" and "convicted sexual offender." McDermott also wrote that the suspect told police of the location of another victim, and that he admitted "to a couple of homicides in Hammond back in 94 or 95."
Gary officials say there was a level of unease in the community after Jones went missing. The Gary Police Department said in a statement after the arrest that it sought "to dispel the rumor that there is a 'serial killer' on the loose."
Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and Police Chief Larry McKinley called for the city's residents to "remain calm and patient as our teams work this investigation and do what they do best."
Authorities announced early Monday that they had discovered the bodies of three more women in Gary, Ind., following the weekend confession by 43-year-old man who told police he had killed "several" women in northwest Indiana.
The Lake County coroner's office said the women were were found in two different locations in Gary. The coroner's office called the three new deaths all homicides, with one victim strangled and unspecified injuries for the other two women.
Police in Hammond, Ind. were led to the man, who has not yet been formally charged and authorities aren't naming, after finding the body of Afrika Hardy, 19, at Motel 6 in that city city on Friday. She had been strangled, according to the Lake County, Ind. Coroner's office.
Investigators developed a lead that led them to the man, who is from Gary, on Saturday afternoon.
"A subsequent interrogation of the person of interest ... led to the man making a confession and then leading detectives to the city of Gary where several other female victims of possible homicides were located," Hammond Police Lt. Richard Hoyda said in a written statement.
On Sunday, Gary Police say that the man led police to three victims -- all women -- in that city. One of those women discovered was Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville, Ind. She had been reported missing by family earlier this month.
The coroner's office said in a statement that the three new deaths announced Monday were all homicides, with one victim strangled and unspecified injuries for the other two women.
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Police say man confesses to killing four women in Ind.
Hammond's mayor, Thomas McDermott Jr., described the suspect on his Facebook page on Sunday as an "admitted serial killer" and "convicted sexual offender." McDermott also wrote that the suspect told police of the location of another victim, and that he admitted "to a couple of homicides in Hammond back in 94 or 95."
Gary officials say there was a level of unease in the community after Jones went missing. The Gary Police Department said in a statement after the arrest that it sought "to dispel the rumor that there is a 'serial killer' on the loose."
Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and Police Chief Larry McKinley called for the city's residents to "remain calm and patient as our teams work this investigation and do what they do best."