Lansing protest calls for emergency shelter after 5 deaths near river trail

LANSING, Mich. (News 10) – Dozens of residents gathered at Lansing City Hall on Monday to call for an emergency overnight shelter, after five people were killed near the Lansing River Trail in the past year.

Police are investigating the possibility of a serial killer after five victims were attacked on the trail. Police have made one arrest in connection with one of the cases.

On Aug. 30, Lansing police found 57-year-old Louis Woodruff in the 200 block of E. Cesar Chavez in the Old Town section of the trail with severe facial injuries, according to police. He was pronounced dead on Sept. 1. His daughter, Sariah Woodruff, participated in the protest on Monday…

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