A man who had been missing nearly a week was pulled from the Chicago River Sunday, becoming the 16th person found in the Windy City’s waterways in the past year and a half.
The disturbing pattern of people turning up in both the Chicago River and Lake Michigan have led a former FBI agent to suggest there may be a serial killer on the loose.
Noah Enos, a 26-year-old, was discovered in the river on June 17, five days after he’d last been seen at a music venue called The Salt Shed. The Chicago River was about a block from where he’d vanished.
Authorities have not announced a cause of death and his family is hoping ‘to find justice for Noah,’ believing him to have been murdered.
Nicole Wijs, Enos’ girlfriend, said ‘I know Noah wasn’t the first one to go missing and be found in the river, and I sure as s**t hope that he’s the last’ at a vigil for him on Friday.
Noah Enos, a 26-year-old, was discovered in the river on June 17, five days after he’d last been seen at a music venue called The Salt Shed. The Chicago River was about a block from where he’d vanished
At least three of the 16 people who were found drowned since the start of 2022 were declared accidents, but only one has been ruled a suicide, leaving 13 more either undetermined or pending.
Chicago police have yet to comment on whether they think the 16 bodies found are in any way connected, but former FBI agent Tracy Wilder told the New York Post she believes there could be a serial killer involved.
‘There’s too many coincidences,’ said Walder, who also previously worked for the CIA.
‘In a case like this, there are so many similar patterns right across the board [so] it’s not just a coincidence anymore,’ she added, citing how far the bodies have been recovered from where they were reported missing and the cases of ‘accidental’ drownings.
In Wilder’s opinion, dumping a body in the river is a perfect crime, because ‘forensic evidence is gonna be, for the most part non-existent,’
Former NYPD officer and John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor Joseph Giacalone told the Post he’s not so sure.
‘Social media seems to fuel a lot of these conspiracy theories, but the investigators have to tune all that out and just do what they’re supposed to do,’ he said.
However, he added that ‘I come from the school where you treat every death as if it’s a homicide until proven otherwise, because you don’t get a second chance to do it.’
Authorities have not announced a cause of death and his family is hoping ‘to find justice for Noah,’ believing him to have been murdered
Nicole Wijs (pictured right), Enos’ girlfriend, said ‘I know Noah wasn’t the first one to go missing and be found in the river, and I sure as s**t hope that he’s the last’ at a vigil for him on Friday
The disturbing pattern of people turning up in both the Chicago River and Lake Michigan have led a former FBI agent to suggest there may be a serial killer on the loose
At least 16 people have been found in the Windy City’s waterways in the past year and a half
At the end of 2022, Q98.5 reported that the Chicago Police Department and the FBI have been working together in an attempt to get to the bottom of this.
In 2022, Chicago led the nation for the 11th straight year with the highest number of homicides of any city, according to a report published this year.
Chicago had 697 total homicides in 2022, higher than Philadelphia (516), New York City (438), Houston (435), and Los Angeles (382).
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The last time Chicago had fewer than 400 homicides was in 1965.
Crime remains a huge problem for the Windy City, with a shocking rise of 35 percent in offenses from last year’s already high numbers.
Chicago police have yet to comment on whether they think the 16 bodies found are in any way connected, but former FBI agent Tracy Wilder believes there could be a serial killer involved
Crime remains a huge problem for the Windy City, with a shocking rise of 40 percent in offenses from last year’s already high numbers
Nearly all crime has increased in Chicago since the same time in 2022.
Rapes have gone up by two percent, robberies are up 32 percent, with aggravated battery up four percent.
Theft in the windy city is up six percent, and vehicle thefts, specifically, have soared up 135 percent as of last week, according to the city’s own statistics.
