Rumors swirl about possible serial killer after multiple human remains found along Connecticut shoreline: Police do not think so
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The sign says no trespassing on the gate, but it appears that is exactly what someone did at the end of Woodward Street in Danielson, where human remains were found Wednesday.
That disturbing discovery is not the only one in or near eastern Connecticut. Other remains were found in the City of Groton and just over the state line in Foster, Rhode Island.
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'It would seem that there's a pattern and that's scary,' said one woman who did not want to be identified.
State police told News 8 this in a statement:
'…there is no information at this time suggesting any connection to similar discoveries in RI & the CT shoreline area, and there is also no known threat to the public at this time.'
News 8 recently learned the remains found near a cemetery in the City of Groton on March 19 were in a suitcase. The other human remains found in Foster, Rhode Island March 27 were that of a woman.
'I would tell people don't rush to judgement,' Groton Police Chief Louis Fusaro said.
He said the same rumors are swirling around his investigation into a report of a suspicious man at Bluff Point State Park on April 3.
Here's a portion of the call reporting that incident to the Groton Police Department.
'I went back around. Turned the other way,' said the caller. 'He went back the other way and then he started like walking back as I turned around to walk back to the car.'
'What I heard on our phone call initially was remarkedly different from what we saw posted over the weekend last weekend,' Fusaro said.
In that Facebook post, the caller said the man pulled out a switchblade knife.
Groton police are also investigating the disappearance of Steven Gush, whose car and phone were found off of Route 184 on March 29.
Some wonder if this could all be the work of a serial killer. Police do not think so.
'What I can say is we don't believe there's any connection between them,' Fusaro said. 'But I've seen people draw conclusions. I've seen the stuff and it's causing a little bit of concern in our community.'
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