Thread: Detectives: 40 Drowning Victims May Have Been Murdered by 'Smiley Face Gang'

[size=13pt]Detectives: 40 Drowning Victims May Have Been Murdered by 'Smiley Face Gang'[/size]

Monday, April 28, 2008
FOX NEWS

At least 40 young men who drowned may have died by far more sinister means — serial killings at the hands of a national gang that revels in murdering young men and leaving smiley-face markings at the scene, a team of retired New York City police detectives and criminal justice investigators said Monday.

They believe the victims, including University of Minnesota student Chris Jenkins and Fordham University student Patrick McNeill, didn't accidentally drown but were actually killed by members of the so-called "Smiley Face Gang," KSTP News in St. Paul reported.

A smiley-face symbol was found painted at some of the drowning locations — in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa, they told the station.

I wonder if they are including all the drownings that happen almost every year during Oktoberfest in LaCrosse, WI over the past decade?