Serial killer fear as 16 bodies pulled from Chicago river in 18 months & ex-FBI agent warns ‘it’s too many coincidences’ | The Sun

A SERIAL killer is feared to be at large after 16 bodies were pulled from the Chicago river in the last 18 months, an ex-FBI agent warned.

The chilling claims follow the discovery of Noah Enos' dead body, 26, who was found by cops in the same waterway this month.

The man is now the 16th person found in the Windy City's main river with experts claiming "it’s too coincidental".

He was found in the river on June 17, five days after he was last seen at a music venue called The Salt Shed.

The Chicago River is reportedly about a block from where he vanished.

Local authorities have been unable to confirm the cause of death as Noah's family continue to search for answers.

Speaking at a vigil last week, Noah's girlfriend Nicole Wijs said: "I know Noah wasn't the first one to go missing and be found in the river, and I sure as s**t hope that he's the last."

Both Chicago River and Lake Michigan have seen a grim pattern of dead bodies turning up unexplained.

At least three of the 16 people who were found drowned since the start of 2022 were declared accidents.

Only one has been ruled a suicide, leaving the 13 others either undetermined or pending.

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In April last year, two women were found in separate parts the Chicago River within just an hour of one another.

Only a few weeks later, another female body was pulled from the same waterway.

Chicago police have not commented on whether there was a link between the 16 bodies.

However, former FBI agent Tracy Wilder told the New York Post she believed a serial killer could be at large.

She said: "There's too many coincidences.

"In a case like this, there are so many similar patterns right across the board [so] it's not just a coincidence anymore."

Wilder added from her experience, dumping a body in a river was the perfect crime.

She said: "Forensic evidence is gonna be, for the most part non-existent."

But another former cop said he was more sceptical of the speculation.

Former NYPD officer Joseph Giacalone said: "Social media seems to fuel a lot of these conspiracy theories, but the investigators have to tune all that out and just do what they're supposed to do.

"I come from the school where you treat every death as if it's a homicide until proven otherwise, because you don't get a second chance to do it."

Despite the uncertainty, Chicago police and the FBI have reportedly teamed up to crack the case.

It comes as Chicago recorded the highest amount of homicides of US cities in 2022.

According to a government report, Chicago had 697 homicides last year.

The last time Illinois' most populated city had less than 400 homicides was in the 60's.

Statistics for rapes, robberies and aggravated battery all saw an increase too, the report claimed.

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