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The Smiley Face Murders

New York City, New York, United StatesJanuary 1, 1997

Since the late 1990s, over 40 college-aged men have been found drowned in rivers across the US. Retired NYPD detectives believe the drownings are linked homicides by a group using a smiley face as a signature. Law enforcement agencies officially call the deaths accidental. The theory remains controversial and unproven.