“Something Is Afoot”: Fears Of Serial Criminal Rise As 16th Body Found In Houston, Mayor Issues Update

Emergency services in Houston have pulled a 16th body out of the city’s marshy bayous, agitating rumors of an active serial slayer.

According to authorities, the corpses are of people from various demographics, some of whom are yet to be identified.

Rampant speculation on social media has forced a public reaction from the city’s mayor, John Whitmire, who suggested the bodies are those of homeless people who are dumped in the water when they expire.

Some of the bodies pulled out of Houston’s bayous remain unidentified

According to local television station Khou 11, on September 15, the bodies of Jade McKissick, 21, and Rodney Riccardo Chatman, 43, were pulled out of Brays Bayou near the University of Houston and Greens Bayou, respectively. The next day, 24-year-old Seth Joseph Hansen was