Fourth body pulled from Texas lake, igniting fears of a serial killer

A fourth lifeless physique was pulled from a Texas lake within the newest disturbing discover Saturday, sparking rumors {that a} serial killer might be on the unfastened.

John Christopher Hays-Clark, 30, was discovered floating in Austin’s Girl Chook Lake simply earlier than 1:30 p.m., Austin Police Officer Michael Bullock mentioned throughout a press convention.

“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 thus far, now we have not found something suspicious tied on to this incident,” Bullock mentioned.

The assertion did little to quell the town’s considerations {that a} repeat assassin is on the unfastened — concentrating on younger males across the age of 30.

Jason John, 30, was the primary this 12 months to be discovered lifeless 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 few mile from the lake.

One month later, an unidentified man was pulled from the water.

In April, 33-year-old Johnathan Honey was discovered lifeless within the lake simply at some point after he was reported lacking.

Although the reason for Hays-Clark’s dying remains to be not clear, police mentioned the opposite three males died from a “mixture of alcohol and quick access to Girl Chook 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 lifeless, Fox Information 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 pattern is just 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 have been 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 people.”

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 world.

“We positively perceive those who have considerations,” Bullock mentioned.

“One factor to bear in mind is that Austin has hundreds of acres of inexperienced area and waterways. It’s a really nature-focused giant metropolitan space. So we’d simply encourage folks to at all times concentrate on your environment and if you happen to can go together with mates, preserve your self secure in order that manner we don’t have unlucky incidents that may happen.”

“If we did have any considerations, that isn’t one thing we’d attempt to be hiding from the general public,” he added.

All 4 circumstances are nonetheless beneath investigation.