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The bodies of three more unidentified women were found at two locations in Gary, Ind., Sunday night, authorities said early Monday morning.
The Lake County coroner's office determined that all three women were murdered: one from strangulation, the others from unspecified injuries.
This brings the total number of dead bodies found in northwestern Indiana this weekend to seven, the office said.
A 43-year-year old man allegedly confessed to killing a woman whose body was found at a Motel 6 in nearby Hammond about 9:30 p.m. Friday. The coroner's office identified the victims as Afrika Hardy, 19.
'A friend of the deceased called us and she was concerned when she didn't respond to her calling,' Hammond police Lt. Rich Hoyda told The Associated Press. 'We were sent there and found that person dead.'
Police took the suspect into custody after executing a warrant for a home and vehicle in Gary Saturday afternoon.
During questioning, he told investigators the locations of three bodies that were found late Saturday and early Sunday, according to police.
Family members identified the second victim as Anith Jones, 35, the office said. Autopsies have not been completed on Jones or the two other unidentified women.
It appears likely that the suspect also told police where to find the three bodies that were found Sunday night but that has not yet been verified by authorities.
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