Chicago has seen a string of cases in which bodies have been recovered from roughly the same area within a relatively short period of time. Places such as Schaumburg, Aurora, Elk Grove Village, Palatine, and other suburbs around Chicago have all had cases where human bodies were retrieved from waterways. Now, online sleuths have grown convinced that there may be a serial killer lurking in the community.
Law enforcement agencies were quick to respond to the claims in an effort to address the predictable public panic such a possibility could cause. Chris Covelli, Deputy Chief and Public Information Officer for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force, told NBC Chicago, “No knowledge or recent investigations we’re actively working that appear to be a serial killer. We always encourage the community to go to law enforcement when they have questions about community safety or any active investigations.”
