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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.
Jul 29, 2023 · Updated October 20, 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.
Dec 7, 2018 · Here Are 6 Of The Alleged Victims Of The ‘Smiley Face Killings’ Hundreds of college-aged men have died in accidental or undetermined drownings. Could some of them be connected to a serial killer or group of killers?
It alleges that 45 young men found dead in bodies of water across several Midwestern American states from the late 1990s to the 2010s did not accidentally drown, as concluded by law enforcement agencies, but were victims of one or multiple serial killers.
Feb 9, 2023 · Last year, 11 bodies, mostly men in their 20s or early 30s, were removed from the Chicago River and Lake Michigan's shoreline according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, renewing ...
Jan 19, 2019 · The theory, which has been heralded by retired New York Police Department detectives Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte, hypothesizes that young men who often appear to have drowned were actually...
Feb 15, 2021 · The victims were predominately white, male, athletic (“3.5 and above star athletes,” according to Gannon), and young — from 17 to early 20s. They were “privileged,” with promising ...
Dec 7, 2020 · The term “smiley face” became connected to their theory when the team revealed they’d discovered graffiti depicting a smiley face near at least a dozen locations where they speculated killers dumped bodies in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Jan 13, 2022 · Investigators identified approximately 22 smiley faces graffitied proximal to the crime scene; these ‘doodles’ quickly became central to the claim regarding serial homicide offending, which...
Jan 21, 2019 · Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice. In January 2017, 23-year old Dakota James went missing from downtown Pittsburgh. Two months later, in March, James’ body was found in the Ohio river. Near the scene of the crime, a smiley face insignia was spray painted.
