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Lansing police chief warns there may be a serial killer in Michigan’s capital city
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Five deaths along a 1.5-mile river trail in Lansing, Michigan, over nearly a year may be linked to a serial killer, according to police investigations focusing on homeless victims.
- Three of the deaths have been ruled homicides, while two remain undetermined or pending findings; all victims suffered blunt force trauma except one who was stabbed.
- A suspect, Edward Smith, was arrested for one stabbing death but has not been charged in connection with the other cases, which lack identified weapons and witnesses.
- Police face challenges due to the early morning timing of incidents, absence of surveillance cameras, and limited eyewitness accounts, prompting increased patrols and camera trailers in the area.
- Authorities did not immediately warn the public after the second death due to initial medical uncertainty, but all cases are being actively investigated as potentially related.
