'Crazy' killings scare beach towns

Police stand near a spot where remains were found Monday in Nassau County on New York's Long Island. STORY HIGHLIGHTSDive teams planned to look in waterways on the north side of the barrier islandOne resident says his wife and daughter are scared to come homeAnother resident: "It kind of creeps me out" to have been driving past bodiesPolice are investigating another possible set of remains in the suspected serial killings (CNN) -- As police on New York's Long Island were sending dive teams to search for clues in a string of suspected serial killings Wednesday, area residents were trying to come to terms with the grisly crimes.

People who live near where bodies have been found said the "eerie" and "frightening" findings have left some families shaken.

"It's just crazy," said Walter Arnold, 65, who -- along with his wife Dolores -- brought up five children in a house on Long Island's West Gilgo Beach. "My wife is scared to come home for the first time. My daughter is frightened. It's just horrible."

But others said that because of what's known about the killings and the victims, they are not afraid of being targeted. The four victims who have been identified thus far were all women who advertised prostitution services on websites such as Craigslist, police have said.

Tourism and real estate professionals on Long Island said the apparent string of killings does not seem to have affected business.

Police said Monday they were examining a skull found on the outskirts of a bird sanctuary in Long Island's Nassau County, potentially the ninth set of remains discovered in the probe. About four hours earlier, a New York state police officer and his cadaver dog spotted another set of remains about a mile and a half away. On Tuesday, police said both the skull and the remains were determined to be human.

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