New England serial killer fears: Massachusetts investigators identify body pulled from river

As fears circulate online regarding a imaginable serial slayer successful New England, 1 idiosyncratic recovered dormant successful a stream successful Taunton, Massachusetts connected Friday day has been identified. 

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III confirmed that the assemblage was Samuel Stovall, 51, of Taunton. Quinn said that Stovall was homeless, and known to Taunton Police. 

His assemblage was recovered successful Mill River by walkers, and had evident signs of decomposition.

Quinn's bureau said the decease has not been deemed suspicious, but that an probe remains open.

Taunton is simply a metropolis successful Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the spot of Bristol County. (Getty Images)

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There person been a full of 11 bodies recovered successful Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts since the opening of March, fueling online speculation that a serial slayer mightiness beryllium roaming the area. 

However, constabulary departments successful the portion person denied those rumors.

Meggan Meredith, 45, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was recovered dormant past Tuesday, and identified earlier this week. 

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Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni addressed the serial slayer rumors successful airy of Meredith's death. 

A representation showing the locations of wherever bodies successful the New England country person been found. (Fox News)

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"While online conversations astir these incidents proceed to grow, we impulse the nationalist to beryllium mindful of the relation that societal media tin play successful spreading fearfulness oregon misinformation," helium said. "Unverified claims tin compromise progressive investigations and lend to a consciousness of chaos that does not bespeak the afloat picture."

The remains of a Rhode Island pistillate who had been missing since July were precocious recovered successful Foster. Her household adamantly denied that her decease was related to a serial killer. 

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The assemblage of Paige Fannon, 35, was recovered successful the Norwalk River successful Norwalk, Connecticut successful aboriginal March.

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)

"The State of Connecticut Medical Examiners' Office has not completed its investigation," Connecticut State Police said. "Based connected our investigation, determination is nary denotation of foul play oregon narration to immoderate different decease oregon serial killer."

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But Ted Williams, an lawyer and erstwhile Washington, D.C. homicide detective, said that truthful galore bodies recovered successful specified proximity is an oddity. 

"Anytime you find 10 bodies successful immoderate geographical location, it is precise concerning to instrumentality enforcement," Williams told Fox News Digital. "The large question that instrumentality enforcement person though, erstwhile you find 10 bodies similar this, is to effort to amusement immoderate benignant of a nexus betwixt these assorted areas successful which these bodies person been found."

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He believes that instrumentality enforcement entities successful New England are apt communicating astir the cases. 

"I would perfectly person to judge that successful the New England corridor, wherever these bodies person travel up, that determination is connection betwixt instrumentality enforcement agencies astatine these assorted venues and these assorted locations wherever bodies person been recovered to effort to amusement if determination is an existent nexus betwixt the bodies that person been and a specific, should we accidental serial killer," helium said.