Fourth physique pulled from Texas lake, igniting fears of a serial killer
A fourth useless physique was pulled from a Texas lake within the newest disturbing discover Saturday, sparking rumors {that a} serial killer could possibly be on the unfastened.
John Christopher Hays-Clark, 30, was discovered floating in Austin’s Girl Fowl Lake simply earlier than 1:30 p.m., Austin Police Officer Michael Bullock said during a press conference.
“Our murder unit did reply to the scene and are investigating this incident. As of proper now, it’s a very unlucky incident however up up to now, we’ve got not found something suspicious tied on to this incident,” Bullock mentioned.
The assertion did little to quell the town’s issues {that a} repeat assassin is on the unfastened — concentrating on younger males across the age of 30.
Jason John, 30, was the primary this yr to be discovered useless within the Austin lake — his physique was rescued from the water in February, one week after he was final seen on Rainey Avenue, a preferred bar and restaurant strip a couple of mile from the lake.
One month later, an unidentified man was pulled from the water.
In April, 33-year-old Johnathan Honey was discovered useless within the lake simply in the future after he was reported lacking.
Although the reason for Hays-Clark’s demise remains to be not clear, police said the other three men died from a “mixture of alcohol and easy accessibility to Girl Fowl Lake” and didn’t present indicators of trauma.
The health worker will make the ultimate willpower, however Bullock mentioned the police’s preliminary investigation “doesn’t present something suspicious.”
Group members pushed the town council for solutions final week earlier than Hays-Clark was discovered useless, Fox News reported.
Christopher Pugh, whose son mysteriously went lacking in 2019 after an evening out on Rainey Avenue and was discovered days later with “critical” accidents by the lake, mentioned the development is simply too harmful to disregard.
“There are too many individuals which have gone lacking,” Pugh mentioned throughout a council assembly. “There are too many individuals which were injured. There are too many individuals that may stroll off, and we nonetheless have completely no solutions as to what has occurred to any of these of us.”
The division has repeatedly thwarted rumors and fears {that a} serial killer has hit the town, primarily concentrating on younger males who handed by the realm.
“We undoubtedly perceive those that have issues,” Bullock mentioned.
“One factor to remember is that Austin has 1000’s of acres of inexperienced area and waterways. It’s a really nature-focused giant metropolitan space. So we’d simply encourage folks to all the time concentrate on your environment and when you can go together with associates, preserve your self secure in order that approach we don’t have unlucky incidents that may happen.”
“If we did have any issues, that’s not one thing we’d attempt to be hiding from the general public,” he added.
All 4 circumstances are nonetheless below investigation.