The gender, age, and cause of death have not yet been ascertained by police.
In Springfield, a woman was discovered unconscious.
Then, on Tuesday, April 22, a woman was discovered unconscious near the 1500 block of Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield while riding a bike route.
According to Springfield Police Department spokesperson Ryan Walsh, officers and medical personnel pronounced the woman deceased at the site; the cause of death has not yet been determined by an autopsy.
Her passing makes her the third body found in the state of Massachusetts and the eighth in the area in the last two months.
Why do people believe that a serial killer exists?
Some people worry that a serial killer may be at large in the nearby states as a result of the suspicious findings of the victims, who were primarily women.