AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police continue following leads in the attacks of two women and the murder of a third woman early New Year’s day.

All three crimes happened in close proximity of King Street and around the same time, but police have not said if the three are connected.

A suspect sketch was released shortly after. Investigators continue following leads and are trying to get their hands on surveillance video from nearby businesses that may have captured something in the early morning hours of Jan. 1.

Arbor Car Wash sits a block away from where Esme Barrera, 29, was killed.

“They came by first thing in the morning and asked if I knew what was going on in the area,” said Scott Foster, Arbor Car Wash Regional Manager.

Foster had no clue, but called crime stoppers to tell them about the 15 to 20 surveillance cameras scattered around his business. He has not watched the tapes, but hopes they will help provide some clues.

“Oh yeah, I’m very curious,” said Foster. “If we have the info they need then that will be great.”

Austin police are responding to concerns from the first woman attacked in the area who spoke to a KXAN reporter near the murder scene. She was confused when the officer did not appear to be taking notes while talking to her, and worried that he did not fill out an official police report on the attack.

“The truth is our officer responded, contacted the victim, actually got information on the suspect, drove around looking for the suspect and after about five to ten minutes of looking for the suspect, the homicide call actually came out,” said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo.

Chief Acevedo said there is not always time to physically type a report out in the field.

“The officer not taking the initial report at that moment really didn’t have any bearing or impact on the investigation. In fact, the officer who was going to initially take the report later on after he cleared that [murder] scene fully intended to prepare an actual report the following day.”

A police report was posted on the police department’s public website the following day.

“People worry and they should,” said Acevedo. “We have an individual that may or may not be related. The bottom line we need to focus on is capturing this person. We need to bring this person to justice. I want people to take a look, a hard look at the composite sketch because I don’t want somebody else to get hurt.”

Neighbors and friends of the victims have been posting copies of the man’s sketch police are looking for on poles around the neighborhood and at nearby businesses.

One group has also been passing out cans of free pepper spray to help people protect themselves.