7 women's bodies found in northwestern Indiana linked to possible serial killer in custody
Published October 20, 2014 - FoxNews.com
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"The suspect Hammond arrested for the Motel 6 murder is an admitted serial killer," McDermott wrote. "The suspect gave up the location of a body in Gary that was confirmed found where he said it would be."
The flurry of grisly discoveries began when Hammond police responded to a call of an unresponsive person Friday evening at a Motel 6 and found the strangled body of a woman identified as Afrika Hardy, 19. As part of the investigation into her death, police executed a search warrant on a home in Gary, where they also took the person of interest into custody, Hammond Police Lt. Richard Hoyda told the Chicago Tribune in an email.
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A spokesman for the coroner's office said Monday that Hardy and Jones died of ligature strangulation. The corner was conducting autopsies on the other bodies. "We're actually doing the forensic work, carefully identifying with clothing or any tattoos," the spokesman said.
Police: Man being questioned about deaths of 7 women a convicted sex offender
By Kim Geiger, Alexandra Chachkevitch, Chicago Tribune reporters
October 20, 2014 10:42 AM
A man being questioned about the deaths of seven women found in Gary and Hammond over the weekend is a convicted sex offender who moved to the area from Texas about 10 years ago, police said Monday.
Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., in a posting on Facebook, said the suspect is an "admitted serial killer" who may be linked to murders as far back as 1994.
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Authorities have scheduled a news conference for noon Monday at the Hammond police station.
Man confesses to murders, leads police to the bodies of at least 7 women in Indiana
By Fred Barbash and Abby Phillip October 20 at 12:09 PM
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McDermott said police are also investigating the mans ties to murders dating back 20 years or more.
There are court records indicating that he was here back in 2004 [and] 2005, but there are also records that he was in Austin, Texas, and so he appears to be a person who has moved back and forth between a number of states, said Freeman-Wilson, according to NBC Chicago.