MACOMB TOWNSHIP, MI – Police are once again searching for the remains of missing girls who may be victims of a convicted murderer in Metro Detroit.
One year after a similar excavation, the Associated Press reports heavy machinery is in Macomb County’s Macomb Township northeast of Detroit, churning ground in a wooded area near the Clinton River where the body of 13-year-old Cindy Zarzycki was found in 2008.
Arthur Ream, now a suspected serial killer, led police to the body of Zarzycki in 2008.
He is currently serving a life sentence for her murder, which occurred in 1986. Police suspect he may be responsible for the deaths of at least five other girls who disappeared between 1970 and 1982.
Police believe these five girls may have been victims of suspected serial killer
The other possible victims named or confirmed by investigators include:
- Cynthia Coon, 13, last spoken to in Ann Arbor on April 2, 1970.
- Nadine O'Dell, 16, last known location was Inkster on Aug. 16, 1970.
- Kimberly A. King, 12, last seen in Warren on Sept. 15, 1979.
- Kim M. Larrow, 15, last seen June 8, 1981 in Canton.
- Kellie M. Brownlee, 17, last seen on May 20, 1982 in Novi.
Police used heavy machinery to search the area in 2018, but no remains were found.
The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office told the Associated Press that it's "hoping to bring justice to victims and closure to their families,” but didn’t say what prompted the second search.
Ream has denied any involvement in the other cases, and he has not been charged in those cases.