Darren Vann, a former U.S. Marine, has been named as the suspect in the murders of seven women in the towns of Gary and Hammond in Indiana. He was identified after the body of 19-year-old Afrika Hardy was found at a Motel 6 in Hammond on October 17.
He is 43 years old. After his arrest, Hammond Police Chief John Doughty said that Vann told cops that he “messed up” and was surprised to have been arrested.An investigation into a murder at a motel led investigators to Gary, Indiana resident Darren Vann, who admitted his involvement in the first killing and led investigators to six more bodies.
The victims were all adult women and their bodies were found in abandoned houses.
The killer met at least one of his victims, Afrika Hardy, on the website, Backpage.com. It’s a website used primarily for hookers to meet potential clients. Police in Gary said that Vann met at least one other victim on the site. Hardy’s cousin told the Post Tribune that Hardy had just recently moved back to the Chicago-area. When the person who was facilitating the meeting between Hardy and Vann texted Hardy to make sure she was okay, the “facilitator” got “suspicious texts” back. The “facilitator” then went to the Motel 6 to check on Hardy. That person was the first person to find Hardy dead.
During a press conference in Hammond, Indiana, police said it was likely there are more killings that stretch years back.
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