After eight persons were discovered dead in the same location within a few weeks of one another, police released a statement, sparking fears that a serial killer might be at large.
A woman was discovered unconscious on a Springfield bike route in the 1500 block of Hall of Fame Avenue on Tuesday, April 22.
Ryan Walsh, a spokesman for the Springfield Police Department, verified that the woman was declared deceased as soon as police and medical personnel arrived on the scene.
Walsh stated: “The SPD Homicide Unit under the direction Captain Trent Duda is conducting an unattended death investigation in conjunction with the @HampdenDA Murder Unit, pending an autopsy by the Medical Examiner.”
Although authorities have released this first statement, it is still unknown what the woman’s exact fate was.