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C N N Breaking News: Indiana Authorities Apprehend Serial Killer, 7 Bodies Found

Jeni Fa · Monday, October 20th 2014 at 8:34PM · 1018 views
(CNN) -- An Indiana man told police he "messed up" by killing a woman in Hammond, then came clean, leading them to several more bodies in nearby Gary, Hammond Police Chief John Doughty said Monday.

Doughty stopped short of calling Darren Deon Vann a suspected serial killer, but left the possibility open if police are able to connect the convicted s*x offender to any of the six women found in Gary over the weekend.

"If we directly attach him to it, we can make that assumption," he said, adding that Vann's statements lead authorities to believe there are "possible other victims." Some cases may date back 20 years, based on what Vann has told police, the chief said.

Text messages would be Vann's undoing, Doughty said.

Vann, 43, ordered a prostitute through the backpage.com site serving Chicago and arranged a Friday meeting at a Motel 6 in Hammond with Afrikka Hardy, 19, the chief said.

Bodies of 7 women found in Indiana The person who arranged the meeting, whom Doughty described only as "a facilitator," later texted Hardy and received "suspicious texts" she believed were from Vann, the chief said.

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C N N Breaking News: Indiana Authorities Apprehend Serial Killer, 7 Bodies Found

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Cynthia Merrill Artis Tuesday, October 21st 2014 at 9:27AM

Look at his eyes... He has that absent crazed look!!!

Jeni Fa Sunday, November 2nd 2014 at 12:48AM

Yep, he's crazy as heck!


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