While residents search for explanations, officials are urging calm and pushing back against speculation. The latest recoveries have added fresh urgency to a debate that has been simmering for months.

Houston's top prosecutor disputing online rumors that a serial killer is to blame for bodies that have washed ashore in Houston's waterways in recent weeks. Three bodies were recovered near ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Houston fire and police personnel work to recover a body October 8 from White Oak Bayou near the Heights in Houston. - Jill ...

A spike in the number of bodies recovered from Houston's bayous has fueled public anxiety and whispers of a serial killer, but city officials insist those fears are unfounded. Mayor John Whitmire and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The medical examiner's office identified three more bodies pulled from a Houston bayou. (Photo by: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal ...

HOUSTON — Students at the University of Houston gathered Monday night to honor one of their own. A vigil was held for 20-year-old Jade McKissick, a college junior whose body was recovered from Brays ...

Mayor John Whitmire and HPD Chief Noe Diaz shut down serial killer rumors, saying online speculation is fueling fear with no ...

It’s too soon to rule out a potential serial killer behind a string of mysterious deaths in Houston’s murky bayous, according to a local private investigator. "They're saying they don't have a serial ...

A Texas district attorney is doubtful of online rumors suggesting there could be an active serial killer in Houston after three bodies were found in and along the banks of the city’s bayous. Including ...

Texas police have found at least 16 bodies in the bayous around Houston so far this year, according to authorities and local reports, sparking concerns of a serial killer which city leaders are ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire was frustrated as he stood in front of the cameras alongside the police chief last month, trying to dispel the rumors that have cast a veil of anxiety over the vast network ...