A disturbing finding altered the tranquility of the Watch Hill community, at Rhode Island, this May 14. A few 500 meters from the mansion that belongs to the renowned singer Taylor Swift, agents of the Westerly Police Department found what has been identified as a human leg bone.
The alert was received in the morning, when an anonymous call led the authorities to the neighborhood of Everett Avenue, an exclusive area of the Northeast American. Upon arrival, the uniformed found the rest partially exposed in a wooded area. Immediately, it was collected as evidence and transferred to the State’s Forensic Doctor’s office, where the corresponding analyzes are advanced.
Although the identity of the victim or the cause of death has not yet been determined, the detective division assumed the case as part of an open investigation. For now, the authorities have not confirmed the existence of evidence indicating the commission of a crime.
What could have been an isolated event has generated a wave of speculation and fear, due to the context in which it occurs. In recent months, at least a dozen human remains have been found in different parts of New England – including Massachusetts, Connecticut and now Rhode Island -, in circumstances that the authorities have failed to clarify at all.
Although state police insist that there is no confirmed connection between the cases, some residents fear that the presence of a serial murderer is hidden behind the events. “It is very unusual for this part of the state“said Taylor Day, a Westerly inhabitant who went through the scene shortly after the finding.”I never expected to see this, much less in Watch Hill, a normally quiet site”
The restlessness grows among the residents of the area, who have begun to modify their daily routines: it is avoided to leave at night, walk alone or travel through little monitored areas. “I’m much more alert“Day confessed.”One cannot stop thinking that something else is happening and that they are not telling us everything”
So far, security forces have not recognized a common line of investigation or clear indications that point to a criminal pattern. “We continue to deal with each case separately”, Said a police spokesman cited by local media.“So far there is no evidence to link these findings or indicate the presence of a specific threat to the community”
However, the discovery as close to a property as media as Taylor Swift’s mansion has made the case greater visibility nationwide. The house, valued at several million dollars and located in front of the sea, has been a source of media attention in the past for its architecture and private events of the artist. Until now, Swift and his team have kept silent about what happened, without issuing official communications.
The Local Police has indicated that forensic analyzes could take several days, and have even suggested the possibility of making new searches in the surroundings to detect other remains or evidences that allow reconstructing what happened.
“Finding a leg is something that cannot be normalized“Day insisted.”Someone has to give answers”
