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The Indiana Daily Student

Bloomington police investigate possible connection to Spierer case

The Bloomington Police Department is investigating a possible connection between the June 3, 2011, disappearance of Lauren Spierer and Clyde Gibson of New Albany, Ind., who is accused of killing three women, BPD Cpt. Joe Qualters said in a press release.

"A detective from the Bloomington Police Department has been assigned to make an inquiry with investigators in New Albany regarding the Clyde Gibson case they are investigating," Qualters said.

BPD indicated they had no specific reason to think that the two cases were necessarily connected, but that BPD is "certainly interested in anyone who comes to the attention of law enforcement for targeting women as victims. That is the sole purpose for the inquiry."

Gibson has a history of targeting women as victims and is a registered sex offender. In late April, police found the body of a missing woman buried in his yard.

The woman was 35 year-old Stephanie Marie Kirk, who went missing one month before when she was expected to be at a bar. He is also accused in the murders of two other women, Christine Whitis and Karen Hodella.

- Zach Ammerman

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