FEARS of a serial killer on the loose in New England have intensified after another body was discovered in baffling circumstances.
Police confirmed they are “tracking” the speculation as the grim death toll in the region hit 13 this year.
Fears of a serial killer on the loose in New England have intensified after 13 bodies, mostly women, were found (stock image)[/caption]
Massachusetts State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble told the Boston Herald he is “monitoring and tracking” the deaths despite no evidence of a serial killer (stock image)[/caption]
The latest victim, 21-year-old Adriana Suazo, was found in the woods of Milton, Massachusetts, on June 1.
Her body was discovered by a passerby just eight miles south of Boston, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office.
The state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said there were no signs of trauma, leaving the cause of death unclear, the New York Post reported.
Suazo’s family has described the circumstances as “suspicious” and are desperate for answers.
“I just want to know the truth about what happened to her,” her sister told Fox News.
“She was with someone either when she died or before.”
Her death is the latest in a string of bodies – mostly women – found in wooded or remote areas across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine since March.
Victims have turned up in varying conditions, from grisly dismemberment to unexplained, unattended deaths.
The mounting cases have fueled theories online that one person could be behind them.
A Facebook group called “New England Serial Killer” has become a hub for speculation, with members closely tracking each new discovery.
Police and prosecutors insist the cases are not connected, citing no forensic evidence to link them.
“There is no information at this time suggesting any connection … and no known threat to the public,” Connecticut State Police told Fox News Digital, calling the rumors “internet speculation.”
The first case this year was on March 6, when 35-year-old Paige Fannon’s body was pulled from Connecticut’s Norwalk River.
That same day, a human skull was found in a wooded area off Route 3 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Timeline of bodies
- March 6 – Paige Fannon, 35, from New York, is found in Connecticut’s Norwalk River near Main Ave and Grist Mill Road
- March 6 – A hunter discovers a human skull in a wooded area along Route 3 in Plymouth, MA
- March 19 – The dismembered body of Suzanne Wormser, 58, is found in a suitcase in Groton, CT
- March 20 – Denise Leary, 59, is found dead in New Haven, CT
- March 26 – Michele Romano, 56, is discovered in Rhode Island woods months after she vanished
- April 9 – Unidentified male remains are found in woods near train tracks in Killingly, CT
- April 10 – Unidentified remains are found near Mass. Turnpike Exit 117 in Natick, MA
- April 20: a body is pulled from Seekonk River in Pawtucket, RI
- April 22: 45-year-old Meggan Meredith is found near a bike path on Hall of Fame Ave in Springfield, CT
- April 25: Samuel Stovall, 51, is pulled from Mill River in Taunton, MA
- April 27: Mary Colosanto, 72, found dead in Connecticut River in Rocky Hill, CT
- May 30 – Jasmine Wilkes, 34, is found dead in a New Haven park.
- June 1 – Adriana Suazo, 21, is discovered in Milton, Massachusetts.
Days later, the dismembered remains of 58-year-old Suzanne Wormser were found stuffed in a suitcase in Groton, Connecticut near the entrance of Colonel Ledyard Cematary.
Her roommate was arrested but later died in custody.
On March 25, 59-year-old Denise Leary was discovered dead in New Haven, Connecticut.
A day later, the body of 56-year-old Michele Romano was found in Rhode Island woods.
Four more bodies surfaced in April across three states, including 45-year-old Meggan Meredith.
Before Suazo, the most recent case was 34-year-old Jasmine Wilkes, found in a New Haven park on May 30.
Massachusetts State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble told the Boston Herald he is “monitoring and tracking” the deaths despite no evidence of a serial killer.
“As a former homicide detective, certainly I am tracking the news of these tragic deaths,” he said.
“If we uncover similarities or consistencies between the cases, they have our attention for sure.”
Authorities stressed that death investigations are routine, with many later ruled non-criminal.
For now, families like Suazo’s are left searching for closure – and watching closely as the mystery deepens.
