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The smiley face murder theory (also known as the smiley face murders, smiley face killings, and smiley face gang) is a theory advanced by retired New York City detectives Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte, as well as Dr. Lee Gilbertson, a criminal justice professor and gang expert at St. Cloud State University. [1]
Jul 29, 2023 · A University of Minnesota student named Christopher Jenkins had been pulled out of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis after a night of bar-hopping with friends four years earlier, and his official cause of death was listed as accidental drowning. But the detectives believed that he fit the victim profile for their Smiley Face Killer.
Feb 9, 2023 · The discovery of bodies in Chicago waterways renews interest in decades-old theory about a group of serial killers targeted young men across the Midwest.
Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and authorities.
Jan 29, 2019 · Investigators believe dozens of drownings across the US are the work of an organized serial killer group dubbed the "Smiley Face Killers." Since 1997, hundreds of college-aged men have died as the result of undetermined or accidental drownings across the US.
Mar 22, 2024 · What is the Smiley Face Killer Theory? The smiley face killings, smiley face murders, or smiley face gang theory was first popularized by retired New York City detectives Kevin Cannon and...
Dec 7, 2020 · What Is the Smiley Face Killers Theory? Gannon, Duarte, Donovan and Gilbertson claim an organized group of serial killers would drug unsuspecting victims at a bar or party then abduct, hold and torture the victims before finally killing and dumping the bodies in water.
Starting in 1992, serial killer Keith Jesperson of Wyoming sent anonymous letters to news reporters signed with a handdrawn smiley. However, not only were his victims female, none of them were drowned (Associated Press, 1997).
Oct 11, 2023 · Retired New York City Police detectives Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte, joined by criminal justice professor Dr. Lee Gilbertson, believe that a group of serial killers have been murdering young men around the country and making their deaths look like accidental drownings.
Oct 4, 2021 · Former NYPD detectives Kevin Gannon, Michael Donovan, Anthony Duarte, and professor of criminal justice Dr. Lee Gilbertson believe most of these drownings were homicides committed by a gang of serial murderers, a theory explored in Oxygen’s “Smiley Face Killers: The Hunter for Justice.”
