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Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. Three times feels like a pattern. But what about 40+?More than forty young men have vanished under nearly identical circumstances and share a strikingly similar victimology - same age range, same build, same final narrative: “He was drinking… he wandered off… must’ve slipped into the river.” Clean, convenient explanations. But when do multiple accidents stop feeling accidental? And when does coincidence start looking like choreography? Those questions are the backbone of the Smiley Face Killers, which is actually a theory suggesting a possible serial killing network operating across the United States. Law enforcement agencies overwhelmingly reject it. But a small group of former NYPD detectives and private investigators remain unconvinced. And that divide, between official rulings and unresolved doubt, is where this tragic yet fascinating case still lives.
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Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. Three times feels like a pattern. But what about 40+?More than forty young men have vanished under nearly identical circumstances and share a strikingly similar victimology - same age range, same build, same final narrative: “He was drinking… he wandered off… must’ve slipped into the river.” Clean, convenient explanations. But when do multiple accidents stop feeling accidental? And when does coincidence start looking like choreography? Those questions are the backbone of the Smiley Face Killers, which is actually a theory suggesting a possible serial killing network operating across the United States. Law enforcement agencies overwhelmingly reject it. But a small group of former NYPD detectives and private investigators remain unconvinced. And that divide, between official rulings and unresolved doubt, is where this tragic yet fascinating case still lives.
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