Mich. police search for suspected serial killer

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Mich. police search for suspected serial killer

By DAVID N. GOODMAN (AP) –

 FLINT, Mich. — Investigators say a knife-wielding serial killer has been attacking men on Flint-area streets since May, killing five people and wounding eight others in a vicious spate of violence that may be motivated by racial hatred.

Survivors have described their assailant as a muscular, young white man, and all but one of the 13 victims was black, Flint police Lt. T.P. Johnson told The Associated Press on Friday. Flint is a predominantly black city, and investigators are unsure if the suspect was targeting blacks or whether the victims were chosen at random. 

The victims were all outside alone at night. Survivors have said the attacker approached them under the pretense of needing directions or help with a broken down vehicle. 

“He then pulls a knife and attacks them without saying anything more,” Johnson said. 

“A knife is a very personal weapon. To stab somebody repeatedly, there has to be some rage going on,” he said. 

Detectives have been investigating the attacks since they started, but a pattern only became apparent on Tuesday, the day after 49-year-old Arnold Minor was found slain along a Flint street, Johnson said. 

Flint was once a powerful auto manufacturing town, but its economy and population has steadily declined over the past few decades and has led to cuts in police and fire protection. ..HERE IS MORE

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