The Most Dangerous Active Serial Killers In 2021

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

If there's anything that's more terrifying than a serial killer stalking the streets, it's the possibility that one might be hiding in the shadows ... but, no one's sure.

That, says Rolling Stone, is the case with a series of suspicious deaths with eerie similarities โ€” the victims are white, college-aged men, their deaths are ruled accidental and usually attributed to alcohol, and their bodies turn up in local rivers. Are the drownings really, truly accidental, or are they the work of a serial killer or killers?

The latter is the theory of former NYPD detective Anthony Duarte, retired Boston detective Kevin Gannon, and professor of criminal justice Lee Gilbertson. They believe the deaths are linked by the presence of smiley face graffiti, marking victims as having been targeted by a gang โ€” likely, for their perceived, privileged status. Those that believe the serial killer theory also point to things like a similarity in decomposition rates and the presence of a drug called GHB, detected in many of the autopsies.

Shockingly, they've found some 335 cases considered suspicious enough to be linked with the potential Smiley Face Killers ... back in 2019. The FBI maintains there's not enough concrete evidence to link the deaths, and it remains unclear whether they're unfortunate accidents, or something more. Are people seeing patterns that aren't there? It's possible โ€” former FBI agent Bryanna Fox explains that sometimes, it's easier to believe in a serial killer than in our individual vulnerability to tragedy.

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