The Portland Police Bureau in Oregon is taking a strong stance against “online rumors”, shutting down theories of a potential serial killer after the deaths of six women under the age of 40 within the last three months.
June 5, 2023, 8:22 PMPolice in Portland, OR, are trying to dispel rumors of a serial killer after the remains of six women were found over the last three months.The Portland Police Bureau in Oregon took a strong stance against “online rumors” Sunday, shutting down theories of a potential serial killer after the deaths of six women under the age of 40 within the last three months.
The agency publicly condemned the speculation, accusing social media posts and news articles of spreading “anxiety and fear in our community” without being “supported by the facts available at this point.” “While any premature death is concerning…PPB has no reason to believe these six cases are connected,” the law enforcement agency wrote in aOfficers with the PPB first found human remains in Multnomah County, Oregon, in February, later determining that the remains belonged to Kristin Smith, 22, who was reported missing on Dec. 22, according to theSmith’s cause of death is unknown, and the investigation around her death is ongoing, according to a press release from the PPB.
More than a month later, police in nearby Clark County found the body of Joanna Speaks, 32, on an abandoned property. The Clark County Coroner ruled Speaks' death a homicide from "blunt head and neck injuries," according to ABC affiliateOn April 24, police located two additional bodies in Multnomah County.
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