New England serial killer fears: Rhode Island police search for clandestine graves amid string of 8 deaths, social media rumors
A Rhode Island beach town police department searched for clandestine graves following rumors of a New England serial killer spreading like wildfire on social media.The rumors stem from the discoveries of eight bodies across Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts between March and April, fueling hysteria of a potential New England serial killer on Facebook, TikTok and other social media.So far, however, local and state police have not linked any of the eight deaths, and it is unclear how many of the victims, if any, died by homicide.“During the past week, the Narragansett Police were made aware of concerning posts circulating online where the author posted anonymously in a Facebook group dedicated to New England Serial Killers,” Narragansett police wrote on Facebook on Thursday.“Only the group administrator could see the actual user name of the individual.
The post alluded to the possibility that multiple bodies were buried in Black Point area of Scarborough Beach.”A private Facebook group previously dubbed “New England Serial Killer,” which has since lost its name due to Facebook policies, has more than 65,300 members.Last week, an anonymous member of the group made an eerie confession that prompted the Narragansett police to investigate.“It looked like someone was trying to get a rise.
I mean, he referenced Rick Rolling the group, he referenced this being prose.One of his poems actually spelled out the word ‘hoax’ if you spelled out the first letter of the paragraphs,” Det.
Sgt.Brent Kuzman told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
“So, it seemed pretty obvious that this was kind of a nothing thing, but I never want to be the person that didn’t do something.”His fellow officers agreed, and they expensed some resources for searches on Monday and again on Tuesday with cadaver dogs.“It was negative,” Kuzman said of the post.The Narragansett PD said in its Facebook post that “detectives, along with two RISP cadaver K9s conducted an ext...