“ when you look at the timeframe , the proximity , that there is no apparent motive , that they are alone , the victims are a lot of the time , it 's clear to me that they 're all linked , ” dugan said .
the three victims , naiboa , benjamin edward mitchell , 22 , and monica caridad hoffa , 32 , are all connected by proximity and time - frame , said dugan , who declined to say whether there is any connection between the type of weapon or ammunition used in tampa , fla. – the tampa interim police chief identified a murder victim killed thursday night in the seminole heights neighborhood .
submit on friday morning , dugan urged seminole heights residents to review video the police department released on oct. 13 .
dugan said , but arrived too late .
the latest killing took place about 8 p.m. thursday , dugan said .
police are investigating three suspicious deaths - on oct. 9 , oct. 13 and oct. 19 - in the seminole heights neighborhood .
" someone is terrorizing ' ' seminole heights after third slaying in 11 days tampa — when asked friday if tampa police believe a serial killer is stalking the residents of seminole heights , interim tampa police chief brian dugan paused for a moment . "
 
we can call it what we want , " said a clearly frustrated dugan , who called a news conference to talk about the discovery thursday of yet another body , the third person to be shot and killed in the neighborhood in 11 days . "