The bodies of seven women were found in northwest Indiana over the weekend and police say a man they suspect is the killer led them to three of those bodies.

Police have linked the 43-year-old man to all seven murders and possibly a couple of unsolved murders dating back to 1994 or 1995, according to a report from Fox News. The man has not yet been identified by name.

The bodies were found across Hammond and Gary, Indiana this weekend and Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. called the man in custody a serial killer in a Facebook post.

"The suspect Hammond arrested for the Motel 6 murder is an admitted serial killer," McDermott wrote. "The suspect gave up the location of a body in Gary that was confirmed found where he said it would be."

McDermott also said that the man is a convicted sex offender.

The discoveries began on Friday when Hammond police received a call about an unresponsive person at a Motel 6 and found the strangled corpse of 19-year-old Afrika Hardy. Following up on Hardy's death, police executed a search warrant at the suspect's home and took him into custody.

After being apprehended, the suspect admitted to killing Hardy and then told police where they could find three other bodies, said Hammond Police Lt. Richard Hoyda. Police then found those bodies where the suspect said they would be, indicating his involvement.

On Sunday night, the coroner's office said that three more unidentified female bodies had been found in Gary, which is just 10 miles from Hammond. All seven deaths have been ruled homicides, CNN reported.

Reports on the murders claim that the majority of the bodies were found in or around abandoned or fire-damaged homes in blighted areas.

"We would like to dispel the rumor that there is a serial killer on the loose," a police statement read. "There is a 43-year-old man in the custody of The Hammond Police Department, who led officials to 3 deceased female victims who has claimed responsibility for their demise. Gary Police are closely working with Hammond Police to assist in covering every area of the investigation needed to pursue charges as expeditiously as possible."