The emails keep coming and many of you are finding unsolved or closed cases that fit the pattern. Individually, these accounts got a blurb in a newspaper or a mention on the evening news. Now that the NYPD Detectives theory about a connection with drownings is out there, you’re taking another look at these cases. In most cases, the young man was last seen with friends at a bar. After an exhaustive search, his body is found in a river and his identification and wallet are in his pocket. The Medical Examiner finds no signs of foul play and the case is either closed or goes cold.
Many of you have asked for a list of the 40 men that NYPD Detectives Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte claim are victims of the Smiley Faced Killers. At their New York news conference, a spokesperson for their company agreed to release a list. To my knowledge, this has not been made public. It’s unfortunate, because it leaves many families wondering if their child’s drowning was investigated. During my interviews with the Detectives, they discussed many names and cases. The majority of these have been included in my stories or have been intentionally excluded because the family does not want more publicity. From the emails that I’m receiving, there are many people out there doing their own investigations because they are frustrated that law enforcement appears to be uninterested. Here are a few men who’s cases I hadn’t heard about until they were emailed to KSTP this week. More
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Thank you for following this and adding the category.
Because Gannon & Duarte have indicated an organized group is doing this, the numbers may turn out to be very high. Way more than 40.