Dakota James

Retired NYPD detective Kevin Gannon describes the Smiley Face Killers as a group of structured, organized individuals who murder intelligent, athletic young men and then dispose their victims in bodies of water and leave graffiti behind.

Kevin Gannon and “Doc” Gilbertson discuss that challange of proving that the Smiley Face Killer deaths were homicides before establishing a pattern and the Smiley Face Theory.

Kevin Gannon describes his experience as a law enforcement investigator and the challenges police investigators may face when confronting a potential serial murder case.

Pam James and Kevin Gannon discuss the case of Pam’s son, Dakota James, who went missing in January 2017 in downtown Pittsburgh. His death was ruled an accidental drowning by police.

The drowning deaths of college-aged men left an impression on Kevin Gannon, a retired NYPD Detective. Gannon and a team of investigators began looking into the cases. Here is a look at the timeline of the Smiley Face Killer Theory Investigation.

The series follows an active private investigation spearheaded by retired NYPD Detective Kevin Gannon and his veteran team of investigators as they work with victims’ families and top forensic experts to further investigate and question that the country’s most notorious string of mysterious, accidental drownings aren’t accidents, but homicides; and they could all be connected to a larger theory of The Smiley Face Killers.

While investigating the Smiley Face Murder theory, detectives Anthony Duarte and Mike Donovan search the area where Dakota James's body may have been dumped in the Ohio River.