Elias Abuelazam, the man suspected of being a serial killer has a Texas connection. Police say Elias Abuelazam terrorized people in three states during a string of random stabbings. But Abuelazam’s ex-father-in-law, Jim Hirth of Crowley, Texas is surprised at what he’s learning of his daughter’s former husband.

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia said Monday they think a serial killer who stabbed five people to death and wounded 10 others in Michigan was responsible for three attacks in northern Virginia, and all of the attacks have almost exclusively targeted black men.

There’s still blood on the pavement and fear along South Saginaw Street. Folks are wary over on Miller Road, too. In fact, there’s concern throughout Genesee County as police search for a knife-wielding man who has attacked 13 men since May, killing five.

Michigan police are warning black men in the Genesee County area to be on alert. They believe a serial killer might be responsible for a rash of recent stabbings.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up more than 800,000 gallons of oil that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, coating birds and fish.