Comments on: Smiley Face Gang – Detectives Say 40 Drowning Victims May Have Been Murdered

By: Herman

Herman — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:26:12 +0000

Sounds like these organised stalking gangs are getting lethal. Organised stalking is usually brought into a community by police through legal vigilante groups. These groups are meant to be the eyes and ears of the community and consists of civilians and informers from the criminal underworld. After a while, they all get corrupted and adopt extra judicial methods.

A college student going to an out of the way bar, perhaps asks where they can get a joint or mouths off on a political point of view to a crowd of regulars may mobilise an organised stalking group and a lynch mob mentality sets in. Subsequent investigations will always be a cover up. Happens all the time.

By: Mama

Mama — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:34:41 +0000

There’s a new possible student to add. http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_122221752.html There’s a 20’s white male college student, missing after leaving a bar late at night alone, near a river and near an interstate … fits the pattern. Makes me sick. Hopefully, Gerald will be found and brought home safely.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:25:26 +0000

What about the Garza case in Middlebury? Last I heard, the police there were saying there was no foul play.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:59:05 +0000

Another observation: the “x” on the red painted smiley face may indicate a ritual out of the bible. Jews had a mark painted over the doors of a first born…something akin to that…maybe a cult of some kind based on distortions of Christianity.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:55:29 +0000

Creative Art Therapists should have a look at all of the smiley faces that have been found. Their interpretations could be invaluable to the authorities investigating these cases.

I am an art therapist and I have taken a good look at the smiley face that is painted in red above and the eyes may be a clue to how the victims end up where they end up: the eyes have weight are too large for the faces and my instinct tells me that the victims may have had to wear eye cups like those placed on the blind or masks of some kind. In addition the marks across the mouth also may indicate a gag of some kind. For what it is worth and I am happy to be a part of any interpretation of drawings or paintings as an expert.

By: BRainman

BRainman — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:35:17 +0000

Sounds like it’s possible that they are an aggragate of rape victims. Folks should look into wether victims had been known to be sexually aggressive. Also, it may be worth looking into rape-victim coping networks.
Victims may have been lured and stunned/tased and thrown in water to drown, possibly to reestablish a sense of control ofter the traumatic experience.
Would be good to look for failed attempts in these areas involving similar M.O.
God rest the souls of the innocent…

By: art goto

art goto — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:04:01 +0000

Yo mac;

The Smiley Face Serial Killers have now migrated north to
Canada.
There are at least a dozen missing young men in metro-Vancouver,
B.C. area.

Smiley Face has now gone global!

Art in Vancouver

By: Concerned

Concerned — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:23:13 +0000

We never heard another word about Martin Marticeks’ death. People even suggested suicide but no one believes it. Again an unsolved mystery.

By: karen

karen — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:34:10 +0000

Did anyone find out of Martin Marticek was a victim of the smiley face killer? He was found drowned back in May.

By: worried girl

worried girl — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:21:31 +0000

How about the boy in Ithaca, NY who was actually from the midwest? He disspeared after walking home from a costume party and his body was found in a pond on campus.

.. these murders are all linked.. it just makes sense.

By: SSG H

SSG H — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:47:02 +0000

The main comment out here should be that other than the local news affiliates in these places, this should be more broadly distributed. If Nancy Grace can talk about the random murders in North Carolina U and the Camp Lejeune murders, she can talk about this sick epidemic.

I am not far from agreeing with Wanda and Russ collectively. I believe it could be a sorority hazing thing. The thing that screams woman to me is the way the murders occur. Drowning. and in odd positions, as if they were asleep. Usually the male perspective of suicide is always more bruteful, such as hangings or shootings in certain places of no return.

Be ever recognizant in your communities and let’s try to make this global…

SSG H

By: SK Punisher

SK Punisher — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:08:49 +0000

Im concerned about this killings as i am in a college related program that i will not mention for reasons of safety,The Reasons why Certain Serial Killers tend to target Usually young or old popular people is because the Killer wants to make him or herself feel like they are more superiror than the victim(s),This problem with the Culprit (s) tend to date back into their childhood,where they have suffered mounts of abuse whelter it be physical or mental from family, People that they may have onced look up to or other know peers, Which may trigger unknown rage and hostility towards people,And Some Pyschopathic killers may lure victims with their trick called “Mask of sanity” to make them selves normal and even charming,But i do hope the perp (s) be caught before the body count rises

By: daniel n testa

daniel n testa — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:26:14 +0000

There’s a creepy red smiley face on the Vally forge biking trail (the 20+ mile long paved trail. To my knowledge no drownings have occurred there like this. Couldn’t this just be markings by a group people with two much time on their hands? I don’t see a single serial killer gang as possible, it just doesn’t fit the profile of serial killers.

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:44:22 +0000

I really think that this isn’t just a coincidence because last year Abel Bolanos from my college, Iowa State University, went missing and was found on campus in Lake Laverne. I went there after I heard about the smiley face killers to see the smiley face and it was still there and really creepy. The smiley faces on ISU’s campus really didn’t seem right, they were out of place compared to the other graffiti there. It’s just all too weird to be connected like this. No one, even if you are blacked out drunk, can fall/get in a freezing cold lake and not get out or wake up. JUST TOO WEIRD TO BE COINCIDENCE!!!

By: Nichole

Nichole — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:39:16 +0000

I was out with friends last night and happened to spot a kid wearing a sweatshirt in memorial of his friend that went missing and was found dead. He told me his friend was a victim of the “smiley face gang.” That was the first time I heard of it. I think it is horrible that people can get away with this! There has to be something our communities can do to help. My sorrows go out to the families and friends that have lost someone due to these sick sick people.