Four More Bodies Linked To Suspected Serial Killer
May 11, 2015
W BRITAIN — Eight years after authorities first located the remains of three women behind a strip mall, the partial remains of at least four more people have been found.
Members of a task force investigating the case are focusing on a single suspect already in a Connecticut prison, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation said.
Camilini, who was 29 when she disappeared, would have celebrated her birthday Monday, Police Chief James Wardwell said.
In a statement read to the media by a Seymour detective, Camilini's family thanked the police and the state's attorney's office for their work on the case and asked for privacy as they mourn.
The Chief Medical Examiner's Office is still working to identify the other victims, Wardwell said. The remains were all "skeletal in nature" and had been at that location for at least a decade, he said.
Since 2007, investigators have periodically searched the roughly 15 acres behind 593 Hartford Road after a resident found partial remains behind the strip mall, south of Westfarms mall and next to the ramps leading to Route 9.
The deaths were ruled homicides.
Officials at the press conference declined to comment on the identity of the suspect in the case, but said they believe that one person is responsible.
Wardwell and Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane emphasized that there is no danger to the general public from this suspected serial killer, but would not elaborate.
"The ongoing investigation supports our strong belief that the person responsible for this is not able to continue this conduct at this time," Wardwell said. "Based upon the totality of information, we have no reason to believe there is any threat whatsoever to the general public at this time."
Kane said the public should "be comfortable in knowing this person is not out there."
After the press conference, Menard's daughter Tiffany said that it was a small comfort to know the person who might have murdered her mother is no longer out in public.
"We have all the hope … that they're going to convict someone," she said.
What followed was a "slow and methodical excavation," Wardwell said. Ground-penetrating radar was used to locate the remains and an access road was built to allow heavier machinery to get into the area, he said.
"It is a very remote area," Preleski said. "You can't get in there with a car. Frankly, it's a challenge to get in there on foot."
Late last month, Wardwell said that more remains were recovered at the site but he declined to say if the remains were those of the three women already identified or different victims. On Monday, he said that the remains belong to at least four additional victims, including Camilini.
The task force investigating the killings is made up of members of the New Britain, Hartford, East Hartford, Waterbury and Wethersfield police departments, state police, the FBI and prosecutors from New Britain, Litchfield, Waterbury and the chief state's attorney's office.
Last year, the state of Connecticut offered a $150,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the case.
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Reports are saying that the primariy suspect is in jail on unrelated charges.
We`ll just have to wait and see if a new serial killer emerges from this case.
Images of first 4 human remains found at the `burial site`.
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