Is There A New England Serial Killer? Former Fbi Agent With Regional Ties Reveals His Theory

New England authorities are not sharing "enough" accusation to quash speculation astir a serial killer pursuing nan caller discoveries of 12 sets of quality remains betwixt March and April, according to erstwhile FBI coach and certified constabulary coach Scott Duffey.

The discoveries of 12 quality remains successful Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts betwixt March and April, pinch fewer specifications from constabulary arsenic to really nan 12 victims died, person prompted rumors of a serial slayer online. 

"From what I've seen aliases heard, first and foremost, not capable is being put retired there, truthful we'll proceed to create that serial slayer idea," Duffey said of societal media sleuths. "But astatine nan aforesaid time, thing has been said to make immoderate type of relationship [between victims]. And truthful that's what leads maine down to … fto rule enforcement proceed to reply nan questions that they request to answer. But thing that I person seen would originate to a serial slayer [being] responsible for immoderate aliases astir of these group who person been found."

The erstwhile FBI investigator, who is primitively from Norwalk, said that aft looking into what accusation was disposable astir nan 12 deaths, he reassured his family of his belief that location is not a serial slayer roaming New England.

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This representation shows nan locations wherever bodies person been recovered successful New England. (Fox News)

"I personally don't deliberation there's anybody connected nan loose targeting women successful New England … on nan waterways and pathways," Duffey said. "But astatine nan aforesaid time, you tin disregard a serial slayer retired there, but don't fto your defender down. … An individual who's looking to return advantage of a susceptible business will do so. … I ever talk astir nan buddy system. If you're going retired running, if you're going retired location dark, and you're going to beryllium extracurricular … walking, trailing, whatever, return personification pinch you, person your telephone and conscionable beryllium alert of your surroundings."

"I personally don't deliberation there's anybody connected nan loose targeting women successful New England … on nan waterways and pathways."

Of nan 12 bodies recovered successful nan 3 states complete nan past 2 months, fewer developments person been made successful nan victims' respective cases, but constabulary are investigating each of them. 

Last week, however, Connecticut constabulary arrested a man named Donald Coffel successful relationship pinch nan execution of a Groton woman, his roommate, Suzanne Wormser, who was recovered dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase successful March. Police said a preliminary investigation revealed that he allegedly murdered her complete an statement astir ace cocaine.

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Donald Coffel appears virtually for an April 28, 2025, proceeding from a infirmary because he has cancer. (FOX 61)

The Connecticut State Police precocious told Fox News Digital that "there is nary accusation astatine this clip suggesting immoderate relationship to akin remains discoveries, and location is besides nary known threat to nan nationalist astatine this time," regarding nan deaths successful Connecticut.

Other remains person been located successful New Haven, Norwalk, Groton, Killingly and Rocky Hill, Connecticut; Foster and Pawtucket, Rhode Island; and Framingham, Plymouth, Springfield and 2 bodies successful Taunton, Massachusetts. Some societal media sleuths opportunity these discoveries of quality remains, peculiarly female remains, successful nan 3 neighboring states whitethorn bespeak a serial killer, but constabulary person made nary denotation of that being nan case.

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One group of quality remains was recovered successful Groton, Conn. (iStock)

"It doesn't return a batch to create a conspiracy," Duffey said. "And erstwhile you person a vacuum of accusation … and past 1 personification puts out, really, somewhat of a logical idea, and past it catches, and past group commencement pursuing that thought moreover though there's nary grounds to backmost it up."

"It doesn't return a batch to create a conspiracy."

The serial slayer rumors, which stem from a backstage Facebook group pinch astir 70,000 users each searching for answers surrounding these caller morbid discoveries, besides led Rhode Island constabulary connected a hunt for clandestine graves on Narragansett Beach past week aft an anonymous personnel of nan group made an eerie confession that prompted nan Narragansett constabulary to investigate.

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"It looked for illustration personification was trying to get a rise. I mean, he referenced Rick Rolling [in] nan group, he referenced this being prose. One of his poems really spelled retired nan connection ‘hoax’ if you spelled retired nan first missive of nan paragraphs," Det. Sgt. Brent Kuzman told Fox News Digital connected Thursday. "So, it seemed beautiful evident that this was benignant of a thing thing, but I ne'er want to beryllium nan personification that didn't do something."

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Police successful Narragansett, R.I., investigated a study astir clandestine graves. (John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group)

His chap officers agreed, and they expensed immoderate resources for searches connected April 21 and again connected April 22 pinch cadaver dogs. The searches came up negative.

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Duffey believes constabulary successful nan area who are called to respond to suspicious deaths will person their oculus connected nan Facebook page and related societal media discussions.

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"The enigma is decidedly a hook," he said. "And conscionable for illustration anybody else, I'm waiting for much and much answers to travel out. But also, I deliberation pinch what has travel out, I consciousness powerfully that it is conscionable that – a group of circumstances that caught a societal media whirlwind – and now rule enforcement has to benignant of temper it down pinch grounds and accusation coming from reliable sources."

The Facebook group has garnered astir 20,000 caller members complete nan past month. Searches for "New England serial killer" connected Google spiked astir April 7, according to information from nan hunt engine.