People in Chicago are starting to freak out.
The city is already a bloodbath every weekend.
Now they are starting to realize they may have a serial killer running loose in the city.
Bodies Turning Up
Over the last year, the coroner’s office has pulled almost a dozen bodies from the Chicago River and Lake Michigan’s shoreline.
What is odd about the situation is that most of the victims were in their 20s and 30s.
We have all seen the stories pop up in the news.
A young man is last seen in a party district, he leaves the bar, and his friends and family never see him again.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has tried to explain four of the 11 deaths, but seven of them still remain unsolved.
The office stated, “When a drowning is unwitnessed and evidence of accident, suicide or homicide is not present, the manner of death is ruled undetermined.
“If new evidence is presented, the Office will review it and determine whether the initial ruling should be amended.”
The “Smiley Face Killer” theory, which was first broached in the late 1990s, is running rampant again.
The theory originated by two retired New York City detectives, Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte, and criminal justice professor and gang expert, Lee Gilberton.
The moniker was given to the alleged killer(s) due to smiley face graffiti being found near where the bodies were dumped.
The FBI, however, says this is all hogwash.
The agency stated, “The FBI has reviewed the information about the victims provided by two retired police detectives, who have dubbed these incidents the ‘Smiley Face Murders,’ and interviewed an individual who provided information to the detectives.
“To date, we have not developed any evidence to support links between these tragic deaths or any evidence substantiating the theory that these deaths are the work of a serial killer or killers.”
The theory, however, is not dying…
Hundreds of young men found drowned across the country. All had a smiley face spray painted nearby. Join #TheHuntForJustice when #SmileyFaceKillers begins Saturday, January 19 at 7/6c on #Oxygen. pic.twitter.com/fVDEkbunm5
— Oxygen True Crime (@oxygen) December 24, 2018
What do you guys think?
It this just a crackpot theory or do we have a serial killer running loose in this country?
Source: Newsweek
