Odd Story in the Boston Globe

[Paul in Saudi]

My grandparents have lived in a split-level ranch on a quiet suburban street since 1957. Strawberries grow in their backyard, shaded by trees whose branches have supported clotheslines, bird feeders, and swinging, laughing grandchildren.

They live about two blocks from 15 state-owned wooded acres, a tree-thick marsh near a strip mall. Like all proper Connecticut forests, it is covered in poison ivy.

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So anyway Grandpa and Grandma have a nice little house. The police have found eight bodies dumped in their backyard. There seems to be at least two killers involved. Of course nobody but me suspects the little grey-haired couple.

It is an odd story and worth your time. Link.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Of course nobody but me suspects the little grey-haired couple.

Or the reporter...

Police have found eight bodies in a peaceful stretch of woods. Do they lead to a serial killer?

What a silly question.

And kudos to the cops for apparently being so incompetent they didn't even bother installing video cameras, or even occasionally checking the woods for more bodies.

Police have found eight bodies there: one in 1995, three in 2007, and four more this spring. All but the first victim, say police, were killed by the same person. All waited years to be identified.

I'd put them on the list of those to be waterboarded, as well.