Terrified residents are demanding answers.

Fear is spreading along Houston’s waterways as more bodies are discovered, and official explanations have done little to calm the public.

Authorities insist there is no serial killer, but many residents say the growing number of deaths feels impossible to ignore.

Whispers move through neighborhoods, bars, and online forums, with each new discovery deepening unease rather than easing it.

In just two years, dozens of bodies have been pulled from bayous, including several in a single holiday week. For families, statistics offer little comfort.

They want names, timelines, and accountability—proof that every life lost matters beyond a brief headline or press statement.

Officials point out that evidence doesn’t support a pattern of targeted violence. Most cases show no shared wounds, methods, or victim profiles.

Experts suggest the truth may be more complex and more tragic: untreated mental illness, addiction, unsafe conditions, and people slipping through the cracks.

For many Houstonians, that explanation is no less disturbing. Whether crime or crisis, the sense remains that something is deeply wrong—and still unresolved.