What began as separate investigations into the deaths of several men found along a Michigan walking trail has raised a troubling new question for police: Could a serial killer be targeting people in the Great Lakes state’s capital city?
Five men have died after being found gravely injured along the same mile-long stretch of the Lansing River Trail since October 2025. Investigators have since identified similarities between four of the cases. Now police are trying to determine whether the deaths are connected.
At an October 2 news conference, Lansing Police Chief Robert Backus acknowledged what the community has been debating…