Is there an Organized Ring of Serial Killers, killing College Men across the Country?

KTSP ABC News ^ | 04/23/2008 | Kristi Piehl, Investigative Reporter

[Khankrumthebulgar]

DETECTIVES: Chris Jenkins murder connects dozens around country

Could there be a calculated, cross-country plot to kill young college men, including some in Minnesota? It seems a little hard to believe, but two New York detectives say they can prove it.

Now, they are revealing years of their evidence for the first time to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS...

GO DEEPER INTO THE INVESTIGATION:

[lesser_satan]

Weren’t you following this pretty closely?

[doug from upland]

Coast to Coast discussed this last night. Interesting info.

[samtheman]

It’s an incredible story. A nationwide network of murderers. I have my own instant theory about a group that might be motivated to do such a thing, but hey, it’s probably just bias on my part.

Anyway, it’s an incredible story. I sincerely hope they catch the scumbags involved.

[Enterprise]

There was some theories on how they could get these guys into a vehicle since some of them could have put up stiff resistance. One theory was that a hooker could have been used to lure someone into a vehicle. I think that some of them could have been befriended in a bar and been given so much to drink that they accepted a ride. It is also possible that someone could be putting drugs in their drinks to make it easier to overcome any possible resistance.

On thing that was disturbing to say the least was that the FBI ruled out serial killings. The New York detectives produced some compelling information though.

[rabidralph]

Already posted.

[xkaydet65]

The New York detectives produced some compelling information ....

That's why the sign over the entrance to NYPD's Major Case Unit says "Through these doors pass the best detectives in the world." It's in the water. Old Irish water!!

[kbingham]

I hate to rain on everyone’s parade here, but those two retired detectives are chasing shadows.
In all but one case, they were ruled drunken drowning accidents. Young men do dumb things, esp when you add booze, night, and large bodies of water.

There are never any witnesses. They are all last seen leaving a party or leaving friends, drunk.

And, not surprisingly, there is no evidence of anything except that they drowned—they aren’t left dead on a roadside or strangled or anything like that. No, this is the perfect crime.
The perfect conspiracy executed over, and over with JFK, OJ, 911, and so on.

In one special case, the person drown without being drunk.
They’re using the one case of a young man who drowned sober to a legitimacy to their theory.

Anyway...chasing shadows. Over 10 years, 39 young men drowned, drunk in bodies of water, and one drowned sober.

All accidents. Even if the 1 kid were tortured and murdered, that doesn’t make all the rest of them murders.

That’s the most logical solution. Sorry to say it.

[Cyber Liberty]

I’ts men, not cute chicks. Nobody cares.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Already posted?!

DETECTIVES: Chris Jenkins murder connects dozens around country

[Enterprise]

I tend to agree. The Irish have produced some mighty fine detectives.

[E. Cartman]

I’ts men, not cute chicks. Nobody cares.

And, except for one Asian, the men are all white...now if it had been men of color murdered, Al Sharpton and Jesse "Hi" Jackson would be demanding a congressional investigation.

[paul51]

Some of the evidence seems to suggest otherwise

[doug from upland]

Raining on a parade? I’m just curious to know something about this.

[CarrotAndStick]

How would you explain the smiley signatures?

[BfloGuy]

Young men do dumb things, esp when you add booze, night, and large bodies of water.

Perhaps. But the painted smiley-faces found at so many of the murder sites are rather an odd coincidence, don't you think?

[ukie55]

I missed it the first time. Get a life.

[Cvengr]

The only obvious way to track down the suspects is to go deep undercover in Irish pubs and drink lots of malted whiskey over a prolonged period.

[ukie55]

City after city, when they'd find the spot where the body went in, they would find something else: The symbol of a smiley face.

Yeah, painted smiley faces just show up at random at accidental drowning scenes.

[ukie55]

People care. The media doesn’t.