13th Body Found in New England, and We’ve Seen This Pattern Before

It’s hard to keep writing stories like this. Harder still to keep reading them. But we have to. Because they’re not listening— and more of us are going missing.

On June 1, the body of Adriana Suazo, a 21-year-old Black woman from Boston, was found in a wooded area of Milton, Massachusetts. Just eight miles outside the city, and yet another Black woman’s life ended far from anyone who could help her.

Police say there were no obvious signs of trauma. They’re waiting on the medical examiner. But here’s what’s not up for debate: Adriana is the 13th Black woman found dead in unexplained or suspicious circumstances across New England since March. And at this point, it’s not paranoia. It’s a pattern.

🕯️ This Is Bigger Than One Town

From Connecticut to Rhode Island to Maine, the headlines keep coming. Dismembered bodies. Human remains in rivers and woods. Women found alone, discarded like they didn’t matter. And far too many of them are Black.

• March 6: Paige Fannon, 35, found in the Norwalk River. Same day, a skull turns up in Plymouth, MA.

• March 19: Suzanne Wormser, 58, found in a suitcase in Groton. Her roommate was arrested, then mysteriously died in custody.

• March 25: Denise Leary, 59, discovered in New Haven. The next day, Michele Romano’s remains are found in Foster, Rhode Island.

• April 9: Another body. Still unidentified. Found in Killingly, CT.

• Now, June 1: Adriana Suazo, just 21.

Each case comes with its own backstory, its own set of strange details. But if we step back and really look? It’s all starting to look a little too familiar.

🔍 We've Been Here Before — And Ignored Before Too

Let’s talk about the "Atlanta Child Murders" from 1979 to 1981. For two years, Black children and young adults went missing and turned up dead — while authorities dragged their feet. Community members were screaming, begging, pleading for help. It wasn’t until national media pressure — and sheer outrage — that the FBI got involved.

Or take the "South Side Strangler" in Chicago — dozens of Black women, mostly sex workers, murdered between 2001 and 2018. Years went by with barely any coverage, no coordinated investigation. A serial killer was in plain sight. But the victims were Black, poor, and often forgotten.

Sound familiar?

We’re watching the same pattern play out in 2025: multiple deaths, in the same region, with the same types of victims — and still no answers.

Police keep saying, “There’s no evidence of a connection.” But here’s what is connected: the silence. The slow response. The lack of urgency when the victims are Black.

😔 Black Women Aren’t Invisible — Until We're Gone

Adriana was someone’s daughter. Someone’s friend. She had dreams, inside jokes, playlists, favorite snacks. And now she's a case file.

And it hurts more because we see it coming. We feel it. We know that if these were 13 white women from wealthy suburbs, the FBI would’ve formed a task force by now, with national press conferences and profiles on “Dateline.”

But when it's us? We get whispers. We get shrugs. We get buried.

🗣️ What We Need Right Now

• A multi-state task force: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maine need to come together. Share data. Stop treating these like isolated incidents.

• Media attention: Newsrooms, do your job. Tell these stories like they matter — because they do.

• Community vigilance: Look out for one another. Share information. Uplift the names of the women we’ve lost.

• Policy change: Black women and girls deserve better protection, real-time alert systems, and dedicated resources — not just after the fact.

💬 Final Thought

This isn’t a blog to scare you. It’s one to wake you up. Because if no one else will say it, I will: Someone may be targeting Black women in New England. And even if there’s not one single killer, the result is the same — Black women are dying, and nobody’s acting like it’s an emergency.