US EditionBodies keep being recovered from the bayous around Houston. Why officials are convinced it’s not the work of a serial killer
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Houston faces a public security crisis that increases as more bodies continue to appear in its bayous or canals. According to the Institute of Forensic Sciences of Harris County, at least 24 people have been found alive on the city’s waterways so far this year, nearly three times the nine deaths recorded in the same period of 2023 and the same amount as there were in all 2024. This increase has fed theories about a possible serial killer, althou…
“Enough of wild speculation.” Houston Mayor John Whitmire was frustrated in front of the cameras next to the Chief of Police last month, trying to dispel rumors that have soared anxiety about the vast network of swamps across his city. “There is no evidence that there is a serial killer loose on the streets of Houston,” Whitmire said at the press conference. Speculation reached its height in the city when the body of Jade McKissic, a 20-year-old…
Bodies keep getting pulled from the bayous around Houston. Why officials are convinced it’s not the work of a serial killer
A crescendo of nervous speculation reached fever pitch in the city when the body of 20-year-old University of Houston junior Jade McKissic was pulled from Brays Bayou on September 15 – one in a string of seven so far unexplained bayou deaths reported in the Houston area last month.
Houston authorities denied the existence of a serial killer after finding more than 20 bodies in the swamps surrounding the city.
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