Forensic anthropologist with Jane Doe identifications

GARY, Ind. -- An expert from the University Of Indianapolis is working with the Lake County coroner on the cases of four women linked to suspected serial killer Darren Vann.

According to the Northwest Indiana Times, the forensic anthropologist will try to help determine the identities of three women and the manners of death for four of them.

Their bodies were found in abandoned buildings in Gary. Vann is charged in the deaths of Afrikka Hardy and Anith Jones.