{"id":5310,"date":"2025-09-09T15:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/time.amazingstory.blog\/?p=5310"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:56:43","slug":"news-current-eventschicago-residents-alarmed-as-18-bodies-found-in-waterways-amid-serial-killer-speculations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/time.amazingstory.blog\/?p=5310","title":{"rendered":"News & Current EventsChicago Residents Alarmed As 18 Bodies Found In Waterways Amid Serial Killer Speculations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last year, Jeff Jones took a plane to Austin for what he thought would be an extravagant bachelor party.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before heading to pubs on the notoriously boisterous West 6th Street, the Boston native had dinner with his companions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 38-year-old inexplicably lost contact with his pals at one in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He didn\u2019t remember anything until he woke up in the hospital two weeks later, with metal rods supporting his back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctors informed him that he had been discovered in water after falling 25 feet from a bridge, and they discovered the date-rape drug Rohypnol in his system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many feared that a potential serial killer was prowling the streets of the Texas metropolis, and a scared Jones believed he had been drugged and pushed by him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite police\u2019s insistence that there isn\u2019t a mass murderer on the loose, the rumours have persisted due to disturbing findings in a river that passes through the heart of Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, it was disclosed that over three dozen bodies had been recovered from Lady Bird Lake in the previous three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although authorities have ruled out a search for a suspect known as the \u201cRainy Street Ripper\u201d <\/strong>and claim that only one case included a homicide, six reasons of death are still unexplained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police do have a theory, despite the fact that many of the deaths are mysterious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They think the issue has been made worse by the party culture in downtown Austin, which is a popular spot for bachelorette and bachelor parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a few steps from the river, on Rainey Street, a well-known pub scene, many of the people who ended up in Lady Bird Lake had been having a great time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have stepped up safety precautions, such as installing fencing and lights around the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to treat people who have had too much fun or to divert others who are heading towards the river, ambulances are also stationed at the end of Rainey Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, the most recent remains were discovered. They are thought to be those of a teenager who vanished on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 7:00 p.m., a 17-year-old Black man who was paddle boarding with his family vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local police are still waiting for a definite identification from the medical examiner\u2019s office, despite the fact that a body was recovered from the sea on Tuesday, wearing clothing that matched the description of the unnamed child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators reported that this case, which has been categorised as a drowning, shows no indications of foul play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe teenager got off his kayak to stand in shallow water. He was not wearing a life jacket at the time. Investigators have determined that he was unknowingly standing near an underwater shelf, which is a sudden drop-off in the lake, when he stepped or slipped off and did not resurface,\u201d<\/strong> the Austin Police Department explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the kayak, the teen\u2019s life jacket and rucksack have also been found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox 7<\/a> reports that 38 bodies have been found in Lady Bird Lake since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leading causes of death have been drowning, drug overdoses, suicide, and natural causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the unresolved case has given rise to wild speculation about serial killers, which the Austin Police Department has repeatedly refuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea that gay males were being targeted was one that was disproved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar to Jeff Jones, 30 out of 38 victims who have been discovered dead in the water are guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixty percent were in the 30- to 49-year-old age range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The person discovered on Tuesday was one of two teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe things that lead to it being a serial killer is that it\u2019s a very specific type of victim, which I fit, they don\u2019t have anything stolen from them, they drown in the water, and they disappear in the middle of the night,\u201d<\/strong> Jones told Daily Mail last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI match all of this, I just luckily didn\u2019t end up dead.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police have, however, attributed the rising death toll to a burgeoning party scene by the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent interview with KVUE, former forensic director of the Austin Police Department Mark Gillespie emphasised that the public should trust the police when they declare there is no foul play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re looking for foul play, and so when APD comes out with the statement that at the current time, they don\u2019t suspect foul play, I promise you they were looking for it, and they were looking very hard for it, so I respect that,\u201d <\/strong>he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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