| Two retired NYPD detectives connect the murder of | | | | In every case except for the Jenkins case, local police |
| Chris Jenkins in Minneapolis to a murder in New York | | | | have ruled the deaths an accident. |
| City and others around the country. | | | | Gannon and Duarte believe the deaths were not |
| University of Minnesota student Chris Jenkins was | | | | caused by an accident.They believe there is a group |
| found in the Mississippi River in February 2003. | | | | of individuals, probably in more than one state, |
| Minneapolis police began investigating the case, which | | | | murdering young athletic college men across the |
| also caught the attention of two retired New York City | | | | country. |
| Police detectives. | | | | Gannon and Duarte have done something that no |
| Turns out, Jenkins' death was the missing part of the | | | | other law enforcement agency has ever done in the |
| puzzle for Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte. | | | | cases -- they looked at the big picture and visited each |
| They say Jenkins connects dozens of other deaths | | | | site where the young men disappeared. |
| around the country over the last decade. The stories | | | | While the other local investigations focused on where |
| are the same all over the country -- an athletic, | | | | a body was recovered, Gannon and Duarte tried to |
| intelligent, well-liked, young male college student goes | | | | figure out where the body went into the river. |
| missing. | | | | City after city, when they found the spot where the |
| Weeks or months later, the young man is discovered | | | | body went in, they found the symbol of a smiley face. |
| drowned. In over 40 cases, the deaths have been | | | | The paint color and size of the face varies, but the |
| wrongly blamed on a drunken accident -- except for | | | | detectives are convinced that it is a sick signature the |
| one. | | | | killers leave behind. |
| The death of Chris Jenkins in Minneapolis is the only | | | | In Michigan, they found something strange among the |
| one where the cause of death was changed from | | | | group's graffiti: the word 'Sinsiniwa'. They couldn't figure |
| 'undetermined' or 'drowning' to 'homicide'. | | | | out what it meant until a few months later when they |
| Ganon and Duarte say they have found a link | | | | arrived in Dubuque, Iowa to investigate the death of |
| between Jenkins' death and the drownings of at least | | | | Matt Kruziki. |
| 40 other men in 25 cities in 11 states. | | | | His body was found on Sinsiniwa Avenue. Plus, they've |
| It began in New York City | | | | discovered the nicknames of people in the group at |
| The investigation started 11 years ago in New York | | | | more than one location. |
| City when then Sgt. Gannon made a promise to the | | | | Gannon and Duarte are confident they have |
| parents of Patrick McNeill. | | | | discovered a nationwide criminal enterprise. |
| Patrick McNeill was last seen at a NYC bar in 1997. His | | | | Gannon and Duarte want their investigation to prompt |
| body was found 50 days later, 11 miles downriver. | | | | changes in the way drownings are investigated. |
| This is almost 'a perfect crime' because the water | | | | Medical examiners frequently do not consider murder |
| washes away any physical evidence and there are | | | | when looking at the body of a drowning victim unless, |
| never any witnesses. Almost all of the men are last | | | | of course, there are signs of blunt force trauma on the |
| seen by friends leaving a bar or college party. | | | | body. |