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Smiley face killer?
It sounds like an idea for an episode of Criminal Minds or perhaps ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
matociquala and friends' Shadow Unit-- a serial killer preying on college men, whose murders go undetected because each death is classified as an accidental drowning. Until the coincidences start piling up, and a potential signature is identified.
The story hit the media outlets last month, and CNN has joined the debate. It has all the ingredients of a classic Hollywood story, including the two detectives who are doggedly pursuing their theory in the face of almost universal disbelief.
It would be fascinating to watch unfold--if you could forget that these were real people, who left grieving family and friends behind.
matociquala and friends' Shadow Unit-- a serial killer preying on college men, whose murders go undetected because each death is classified as an accidental drowning. Until the coincidences start piling up, and a potential signature is identified. The story hit the media outlets last month, and CNN has joined the debate. It has all the ingredients of a classic Hollywood story, including the two detectives who are doggedly pursuing their theory in the face of almost universal disbelief.
It would be fascinating to watch unfold--if you could forget that these were real people, who left grieving family and friends behind.
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It is possible, by the way, to commit suicide via multiple gunshots to the head. There was a case here in the U.S. just last fall, where a suspect killed himself in that way just as the police were moving in to arrest him. But it's obviously extremely rare.
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I do remember one other thing about this case. One of the caddets had just returned from leave. According to his mother he was happy and talking about getting a car. 3 hours later he was dead. His death is/was classed as suicide like the others, and his mother says she will accept this *if * someone will tell her what happened in those hours to drive him to kill himself. As far as I know no-one has.
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I remember reading about this case on the BBC website earlier this year--wasn't there a history of severe abuse and hazing of recruits as well?
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