Lansing police chief warns there may be a serial killer in Michigan’s capital city

A series of deaths along a short stretch of a river trail in Michigan’s capital city may be the result of a serial killer, authorities said.
The five deaths span nearly a year, beginning last October, and all of them appear to involve victims who were homeless, Lansing Police Chief Robert Backus told reporters last week.
“One question that we are being asked is ‘Do we have a serial killer in Lansing?’” Backus said. “What we need the public to know is that we are investigating all of these cases. They are all active investigations, and we are looking at the idea or the possibility that these may be related cases.”
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