EVIDENCE FROM MEXICO KILLER’S HOME SUGGESTS AT LEAST 17 VICTIMS

Investigators digging under the house of a suspected serial killer on the outskirts of Mexico City have said they have found 3,787 bone fragments so far, apparently belonging to 17 different victims.

Prosecutors in the State of Mexico, which borders Mexico City, suggested the grisly finds may not end there. In excavations carried out since May 17, authorities have dug up the floors of the house where the suspect lived.

“The bones fragments are being subjected to lateralization’ studies, which include carefully cleaning each one...providing a method for determining the approximate number of victims,” the office said in a statement on Saturday.

“This analysis indicates that, up to now, the bone fragments found may possibly be those of 17 people,” the statement said.

The 72-year-old suspect has been ordered to stand trial in the killing of his last victim, a 34-year-old woman whose body he allegedly dismembered with a butcher’s hacksaw and knives on May 14.