A man accused of beating up a New Jersey resident and allegedly sexually assaulted as a child now claims he murdered a total of 16 people, including his ex-wife and three other victims whose bodies are in the were found near him. An airport in New Mexico, authorities reported, who have not confirmed their statements so far.
Sean Lannon, 47, said he killed four people whose remains were found in a vehicle, and “11 other individuals” in New Mexico, said Alec Gutierrez, an assistant district attorney in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Friday, according to a report from NJ.com.
Gutierrez said that Lannon confessed to tricking several victims into a property in New Mexico and dismembering some of them.
Authorities said in court documents that Lannon confessed in a phone call to a family member who told investigators he had expressed regret. Lannon is only charged with death in New Jersey, and his attorney noted that his client was acting under provocation. The defendant has been named as a person of interest in all four New Mexico murders.
David Chavez, a police lieutenant in Grants, New Mexico, where Lannon lives, said authorities have no evidence that his confession of 11 other murders is true and they are not aware of any reports of murders or missing persons that match. with its description.
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“It is possible? No doubt anything is possible. Is it plausible?” Unfortunately, we continue to investigate this and carry out warrants with probative value, “explains Chávez.
It’s a spin on a nationwide case, but with many unresolved questions, including how Lannon is linked to murders in New Mexico. Agents from the FBI, the Federal Marshals Service and various law enforcement agencies in New Mexico, as well as police officers and prosecutors in New Jersey, did not respond to requests for comment or had additional information on Saturday.
The case began on March 5, when the bodies of Lannon’s ex-wife and three other people were discovered in a vehicle in a parking lot at Albuquerque International Sunport, New Mexico’s largest airport. How they were murdered is not known at this time.