Fears are mounting in an Indianapolis community after two women’s bodies were found within 150 yards of each other less than a week apart.
Police have not yet determined whether the two deaths are connected, but Indiana Police interim police chief Christopher Bailey does not dispute that there are “similarities in these two cases”.
The body of 58-year-old Shannon Lassere was discovered on 27 January, WRTV reported. Only five days later, on 1 February, a second body was also found. The remains belonged to 52-year-old Marianne Weis and were found just 150 yards away from the first victim, police said.
Justin Smith, the son of Lassere, described her as “the most amazing woman ever”.
“It was just so callous the way they took her. She didn’t deserve it. She wouldn’t have prompted it,” he said, according to Fox59 .
Both of the incidents occurred within days of one another; both were white females in their 50s, and both were killed in the same manner, the IMPD said in a statement.