Rolling Stone Smiley Face Killer

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Rolling stone smiley face killer.

Hard evidence on the smiley face killer is scarce but the theory has serious adherents. Happy face the podcast about dr. Oz contributor melissa moore whose father was a notorious serial killer is the latest audio series to be adapted for television. The use of undetermined usually means there s no clear evidence of foul play.

The investigators responsible for popularizing the smiley face killer theory in 2008 kevin gannon and anthony duarte based a significant amount of their theorizing on the disappearance of 21 year old fordham university student patrick mcneill in new york city on feb. A s rolling stone notes almost all of the deaths that former detectives kevin gannon and anthony duarte believe are connected to the smiley face killer have been ruled either accidental or undetermined drownings. As arntfield puts it jack the ripper and the smiley face killer are two great examples of the press combined with opportunistic people turning a series of tragedies into a myth of a killer. They picked the name because smiley.

In 2019 rolling stone did a profile of the smiley face killer a nameless serial killer or killers still at large allegedly responsible for over 40 drowning deaths of mainly college educated white men in the midwest. Were their deaths accidental or will the investigation reveal evidence of foul play.