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{"source_url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk", "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10653443/serial-killer-fears-cops-homeless-murders-connected/", "title": "\u2018Serial killer\u2019 fears take hold after cops reveal recent homeless murders \u2018are connected\u2019 \u2013 The Sun", "top_image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NINTCHDBPICT000548460129.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1200&h=800&crop=1", "meta_img": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NINTCHDBPICT000548460129.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1200&h=800&crop=1", "images": ["https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NINTCHDBPICT000548460129.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1200&h=800&crop=1", "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==", "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1.8 1\"%3E%3C/svg%3E", "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/themes/thesun/images/sunmasthead_mobile.svg", "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/themes/thesun/images/sunmasthead.svg", "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=752905198150451&ev=PageView&noscript=1"], "movies": [], "text": "MURDERS of three homeless people whose deaths \u201care connected\u201d have raised fears a serial killer is stalking Louisiana\u2019s streets - and those who live on them.\n\nOfficials were so alarmed by the murders that a news conference was called Friday to warn people \u201cthere is danger in sleeping outside,\u201d ABC reported.\n\n1 Baton Rouge police urge homeless not to sleep outdoors after 3 killings they think are related.\n\nJust hours before, a 50-year-old homeless man was found dead of a single gunshot wound on the porch of a vacant home, according to WBRZ.\n\nPolice Chief Murphy Paul told reporters whoever is behind the slayings seems to be targeting \u201chomeless, and therefore vulnerable,\u201d people.\n\n\u201cWe do believe that it was incumbent upon us to provide the public, the media and the service providers that provide services to our homeless that there is danger in sleeping outside,\u201d he said.\n\nFriday\u2019s killing was about two blocks from the location of a Dec. 13 double-homicide in which two people were gunned down beneath an overpass.\n\nThe victims, a 53-year-old woman and 40-year-old man, were both homeless, police said.\n\nInvestigators at the time reported no known motive for the murders, WBRZ reported.\n\nBut since identifying a potential connection between the murders, Baton Rouge cops have requested FBI and state police assistance.\n\nA member of the city\u2019s homeless community, Amanda Owens, told The Advocate she and others were on edge.\n\nOwens said the deceased were rumored to have been sleeping when they were shot \u201cexecution-style.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s like - do I have a target on my back, or what?\u201d Owens said.\n\nShe added: \u201cWe\u2019re kind of wondering if it\u2019s a serial killing-type thing.\u201d\n\nMOST READ IN NEWS Pictured 'RIP ANGELS' BA stewardess, 20, killed in crash with cabin crew pals weeks into dream job BLOODBATH Mum-of-three, 39, 'stabbed' to death with new lover 'after kicking out husband' MID-AIR DEATH Passenger dies on easyJet flight from Alicante to Newcastle on New Year's Day Latest FOUND SAFE Two cousins aged eight and 12 who vanished from home at 1am found safe and well Exclusive PAEDO PAST Karen Matthews\u2019 fianc\u00e9 is a paedophile caged for 5 years for abusing a girl KILLER INFERNO Australia fires map: Where are the blazes in Australia? 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