New England serial killer fears grow as police downplay threat encroaching on wealthy coastal enclaves

Speculation astir a serial slayer successful New England is gaining important traction online – specifically stemming from discussions successful a backstage Facebook radical called "New England Serial Killer."

Members of the Facebook radical and societal media users connected different platforms similar TikTok and X are pointing to respective caller discoveries of quality remains successful Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island betwixt March and April.

Authorities crossed each 3 states person identified remains successful New Haven, Groton, Killingly and Norwalk, Connecticut, arsenic good arsenic Framingham and Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Foster, Rhode Island.

Three sets of quality remains person been identified. New Haven constabulary identified remains discovered connected March 21 arsenic Denise Leary, a formerly missing 59-year-old parent of two. Norwalk constabulary besides identified the remains of 35-year-old Paige Fannon of West Islip, New York, connected March 6. Her remains were recovered successful a swiftly moving Norwalk River aft dense rainfall the nighttime before. 

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Rhode Island State Police identified remains recovered successful a wooded country of Foster arsenic 56-year-old Michele Romano, who had been missing since August 2024.

Their causes of decease person not been released arsenic of Tuesday.

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"There is nary accusation astatine this clip suggesting immoderate transportation to akin remains discoveries, and determination is besides nary known menace to the nationalist astatine this time," Connecticut State Police said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

CTSP further told constabulary that troopers responded to Woodward Street successful Killingly connected April 9 regarding the find of imaginable quality remains. Police aboriginal confirmed the remains, which person yet to beryllium identified, and said determination is nary known menace to the public. 

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Paige Fannon, Michele Romano and Denise Leary were each recovered dormant betwixt March and April successful Rhode Island and Connecticut. (GoFundMe/Facebook)

"This probe is successful the aboriginal stages and remains progressive and ongoing," CTSP said.

Police successful Groton, Connecticut, location to a Naval submarine base, located the remains of what appears to beryllium an big pistillate betwixt the ages of 40 and 60 with light-pigmented tegument connected March 19. She whitethorn person had Turner syndrome. 

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"Individuals with Turner syndrome often show carnal characteristics specified arsenic abbreviated stature, wide chest, abbreviated wide neck, and tiny chin," Groton constabulary said.

On April 10, Massachusetts firefighters discovered remains successful Framingham disconnected the Massachusetts Turnpike, according to FOX 25 Boston. Authorities person yet to place the remains, which they judge were successful the country for respective months earlier they were discovered. 

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Norwalk constabulary besides identified the remains of 35-year-old Paige Fannon of West Islip, New York, connected March 6. Her remains were recovered successful a swiftly moving Norwalk River aft dense rainfall the nighttime before. (iStock)

Jane Boroski, a subsister of the Connecticut River Valley slayer and big of the podcast "Invisible Tears," shared concerns and questions astir a serial slayer successful New England with those connected societal media. Boroski posted a video discussing the anticipation connected Monday.

"It's disturbing, and truly a spot unnerving. People are scared."

Foster, Rhode Island, and Killingly, Connecticut, are the 2 towns closest successful proximity. 

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The serial slayer speculation seems to stem from the bid of discoveries of pistillate quality remains implicit the span of 2 months. However, conscionable due to the fact that constabulary discovered the remains betwixt March and April does not mean each the victims died betwixt March and April.

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The New England Serial Killer Facebook group, which has 57,000 members, garnered much than 10,000 caller members past week and implicit the weekend, arsenic MassLive.com archetypal reported.

Searches for "New England serial killer" connected Google spiked astir April 7, according to information from the hunt engine.