Dead Women Northwest Indiana - A serial killer confessed to killing 7 women who were found dead over the weekend across northwest Indiana. According to officials, a man in custody confessed to the 7 dead women Northwest Indiana and even provided information as to where police could find three other bodies.
Police said they found the dead women Northwest Indiana after the unidentified man confessed to the killing of one woman found strangled in a Motel 6 in the neighboring city of Hammond. The man led investigators to the location of three other bodies in abandoned homes in Gary, reports the Associated Press.
On Monday morning, the Lake County coroner's office said three of the 7 dead women Northwest Indiana have been discovered on Sunday night at two locations in Gary, a city 30 miles southeast of Chicago. Meanwhile, the other four bodies were reportedly found over the weekend throughout Hammond and Gary. Hammond Chief John Doughty said police are still investigating the killings, according to the Sun-Times Media Wire.
Police did not reveal the suspect's identity pending the filing of charges. However, they revealed that the man who killed the dead women Northwest Indiana is a 43-year-old resident of Gary. The man has connections and a criminal record in Texas, police officials told FOX 32.
Apparently, the case of the 7 dead women Northwest Indiana began after Hammond police responded to a call of an unresponsive person Friday evening. The impassive individual, 19-year-old Afrika Hardy, was found strangled about 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Motel 6 at 3840 179th St. The coroner's office did not specify where Hardy hails from.
On Sunday, Hammond police Lt. Rich Hoyda said a search warrant was served on a home on 49th Avenue in Gary as part of investigation on Hardy's death. The location where the search warrant was served is also they took the suspect into custody. Hoyda added that the man later confessed and revealed shocking information about the 7 dead women Northwest Indiana.
"Late afternoon on Saturday the search warrant was executed at a home there and a vehicle and person of interest in the Hammond incident was taken into custody by Hammond police," said Hoyda in a statement.
"A subsequent interrogation of the person of interest, a 43-year-old male from Gary, led to the man making a confession and then leading detectives to the city of Gary where several other female victims of possible homicide were located. The search warrant was executed not at the residence of the suspect but at a location near to the reported suspect's home in Gary," he added.
Thomas McDermott Jr., Hammond's Mayor posted two Facebook statuses Sunday afternoon saying that the man, called a serial killer and confirmed a sex offender, has "admitted to a couple of homicides in Hammond." Some crimes he committed surprisingly happened 20 years ago.
On Saturday around 11:20 p.m., police found the body of 35-year-old Anith Jones of Merrillville, who lived at 413 E. 43rd Ave. Two other bodies were found later on at the same address where two other bodies from the 7 dead women Northwest Indiana were found Sunday night. Autopsies are reportedly still pending on the three women.
A group of about 30 Gary police officers searched the 4900 block of Louisiana Street after Jones' family reported her missing. The block where police searched was reportedly also where Jones' car was found sitting in a driveway of an abandoned house. Jones had been missing since Oct. 8.
"A friend of the deceased called us, and she was concerned when she didn't respond to her calling," Hoyda said. "We were sent there and found that person dead."
Another body from the 7 dead women Northwest Indiana was discovered around 1 a.m. Sunday, but in the 1800 block of E. 19th Avenue. This body was found wearing a green hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
The third body found Sunday was seen in the 2200 block of Massachusetts Street at 1:50 a.m. This time the woman was found donning blue jeans and white Nike shoes.
Late Sunday, another three bodies were confirmed to have been found, according to the coroner's office.
A woman's body was discovered in the 4300 block of Massachusetts Street in Gary at 7:50 p.m.
By 10:05 p.m., two additional bodies of two women were found in the 400 block of East 43rd Avenue in Gary.
All victims of the 7 dead women Northwest Indiana have been ruled homicides, said the coroner's office.
Meanwhile, Hoyda did not say whether the suspect knew any of the women personally, or whether there was already a possible motive for the killings.
The dead women Northwest Indiana male suspect still has no charges filed against him, and it remains unknown when charges will be filed. He is being held in the Hammond City Jail, reports the Star Tribune.
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