Austin Police addressed speculation of a serial killer in the city's downtown social hub after two people died in the last six weeks and several others died in similar ways over the last five years
The community's speculation was discussed openly during Thursday's city council meeting. Several menin recent years after a night out on Rainey Street, the heart of Austin's nightlife that's lined with bars, high-end hotels and live music venues. They were later found in the lake about a mile away.
Austin Police homicide and missing persons unit detectives, the lake patrol unit and crime scene specialists responded to investigate. "Two more people have died since the last time I came down here and talked to you, and I’m going to bet we have no video camera on anything that happened with those incidents," Pugh told city council.
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