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Houston's top prosecutor is disputing online rumors that a serial killer is to blame for bodies that have washed ashore in the city's waterways in recent weeks. Just last week, three bodies were ...

The bodies of more than 30 people, each with vastly different manners of death, were dredged up in Houston-area bayous this year — and locals fear a burgeoning serial killer may be on the loose. Last ...

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