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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 · Since 1997, at least 45 young men have mysteriously disappeared after a night at the bar only to be found dead in a nearby body of water — and some believe the shadowy Smiley Face Killer is to blame. Between 1997 and 2017, authorities pulled the dead bodies of more than 40 young men out of rivers and lakes in more than 25 cities across 11 states.
Jan 29, 2019 · Since 1997, hundreds of college-aged men have died as the result of undetermined or accidental drownings across the US. While local police departments have closed these cases, a group of former detectives and a professor of criminal justice are investigating a handful of the deaths as homicides.
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.
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.
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.
Dec 7, 2018 · The Smiley Face Killers, also known as the Smiley Face Murders or the Smiley Face Gang, is a theory that connects the drowning deaths of numerous college-aged men over the past 20 years. It claims their deaths were not accidents but murders possibly at the hands of an interstate network of serial killers.
Retired NYPD Detective Kevin Gannon questions if the country's most notorious string of mysterious accidental drownings are accidents or homicides, and wonders if they could all be connected to `The Smiley Face Killers'.
This serial murder explanation is now called the smiley face murder theory (Smiley, 2010). Central to the claim of serial homicide offending is the alleged linkage of victims by the discovery of painted graffiti proximal to the location of the victim (Piehl, 2008a).
Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice: With Bobby Chacon, Jason Kolowski, Derek Ellington, Mike Donovan. Well-presented series looking into the deaths of 6 healthy young men who accidentally drowned.
