Serial killer fears GROW after five deaths near river trail

>> John: GROWING FEARS OF A. POSSIBLE SERIAL KILLER THIS. LANSING, MICHIGAN. FIVE MEN ARE FOUND DEAD IN A. POPULAR RIVER TRAIL IN THE LAST. YEAR. AUTHORITIES ARRESTED A SUSPECT. FOR ONE OF THE DEATHS BUT. HAVEN'T LINKED THEM THROUGH THE. OTHERS. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY. AREN'T RULING OUT ANYTHING. >> WE'RE INVESTIGATING ALL OF.

THESE CASES. THEY ARE ALL ACTIVE. INVESTIGATIONS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IDEA OR THE. POSSIBILITY THAT THESE MAY BE. RELATED CASES. BASED ON HOW WE FOUND OUR. VICTIMS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. IT WOULD LEAD US TO BELIEVE IT. COULD BE A PATTERN. >> John: MIKE TOBIN NOW WITH THE. LATEST. HI, MIKE. >> THE REASON POLICE IN LANSING. MICHIGAN IS CONCENTRATION OF.

VIOLENT MURDERS IN ONE AREA. FIVE HOMELESS MEN WERE KILLED. ALL SLEEPING AWRONG THE LANSING. RIVER TRAIL AND KILLED IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, ALL WHITE, FOUR OF THEM HAD SEVERE TRAUMA. TO THE FACE AND HEAD. AUTHORITIES SUSPECT ONE PERSON. IS RESPONSIBLE BUT THEY CANNOT. YET PROVE IT. >> THEY KIND OF PUT ALL OF THE. POINTS TOGETHER AND IS HARD NOT. TO THINK THERE IS SOMETHING. GOING ON. LIKE SOMEBODY HAS A VENDETTA.

AGAINST THE FOLKS. ON THE LANSING RIVER TRAIL. >> THE BIGGEST SAFETY TIPS. AUTHORITIES OFFERED SO FAR IS. PEOPLE TO AVOID THE RIVER TRAIL. AT NIGHT. THEY SPENT A LONG TIME AT THE. SCENE AND LEFT A LOT OF PHYSICAL. EVIDENCE. INVESTIGATORS NEED TO LOOK AT. OTHER CITIES WHERE A KILLER MAY. HAVE PRACTICED ON OTHER VICTIMS. >> IT IS IMPORTANT AND WILL BE. VERY TELLING TO THE POLICE. THESE WOULD BE CONSIDERED VERY. HIGH-RISK VICTIMS. I SAY THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE A.

PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING OUTSIDE, SLEEPING OUTSIDE, THE MURDERS. OCCUR LATE HOURS, EARLY MORNING. HOURS WHEN THEY ARE SLEEPING AND. PROBABLY VERY VULNERABLE AND. COULD BE VICTIMIZED BY ANYONE. WHO ISN'T AROUND THAT AREA. >> THE FIFTH VICTIM IS AN. OUTLIER. HE WAS STABBED. A SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED IN THIS. CASE. HE DOES THAN FIT THE PATTERN. POLICE WON'T RULE HIM OUT UNTIL. THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS TH.