As fears circulate online regarding a potential serial killer in New England, one person found dead in a river in Taunton, Massachusetts on Friday afternoon has been identified. 

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III confirmed that the body was Samuel Stovall, 51, of Taunton. Quinn said that Stovall was homeless, and known to Taunton Police. 

His body was found in Mill River by walkers, and had obvious signs of decomposition.

Quinn’s office said the death has not been deemed suspicious, but that an investigation remains open.

Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County. (Getty Images)

But Ted Williams, an attorney and former Washington, D.C. homicide detective, said that so many bodies found in such proximity is an oddity. 

“Anytime you find 10 bodies in any geographical location, it is very concerning to law enforcement,” Williams told Fox News Digital. “The big question that law enforcement have though, when you find 10 bodies like this, is to try to show some kind of a nexus between these various areas in which these bodies have been found.”

He believes that law enforcement entities in New England are likely communicating about the cases. 

“I would absolutely have to believe that in the New England corridor, where these bodies have come up, that there is communication between law enforcement agencies at these various venues and these various locations where bodies have been found to try to show if there is an actual nexus between the bodies that have been and a specific, should we say serial killer,” he said.