The Case of the Drowning Men
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EPONYMOUS ROX
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The subject matter of this
true crime
investigation
is
derived from
a variety of
public records and databases including police
and forensic reports. It may therefore
contain
themes and
content not suitable for
all
audiences.
T
he
drown
cases
featured
herein
were
originally
classified
by law enforcement agencies as accidents
and, a
lthough
a few
have
since
been
reclassified as
‘undetermined’ or
as
homicides
, a
ll
of
the
m
,
per
the date of this publication
,
remain
unsolved
and
inactive
.
H
owever,
a number of
victims’ families are
soliciting support from the public
to
overturn
prior
‘accidental’
rulings
so the
deaths
can be reinvestigated
as murders
,
and
are
even
offering substantial rewards for any information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties responsible
. W
he
rever
available
, active
links to websites
and
other
reading material for
further study
of
specific
victim profile
s
have been
provided
at the conclusion of each relevant chapter
as well as in the comprehensive resource index
at the end
of this
publication
.
The views and opinions expressed
in
THE CASE
O
F THE DROWNING MEN
are
based on
private,
independent
research
and consultations
. As such, the
findings
and conclusions
contained in it
are
considered
speculative in nature
and do not necessarily reflect the
views and opinions of
the publisher
,
the
individual
s
or agenc
ies
who have been
quoted,
or the author.
Some data/sources
limited
via
fa
ir
usage
percents
are
only extracts
.
This
book
is d
edicated to all who have died in vain or too young. May you find, and rest in, peace.
“Justice delayed is justice denied.”
William Gladstone (1809 - 1898)
THE CASE OF THE DROWNING M
EN
Chapter 2:
Anatomy of a Drowning
Chapter
4
: More Than a Little – Less Than a Lot
Chapter
6
:
H
orse
s
of a Different Color
Chapter
7
: Profile of a Murderer
Chapter
8
:
Gradual and Not Swift Moving
Chapter
9
: Drowning Out the Opposition
Chapter
11
: Prime Time for a Killing Theory
Chapter
14
: Profile of a Serial Murderer
Chapter
16
: Profile of a Mass Murderer
Chapter
18
: A Brother, Friend
,
and Son
Chapter
19
: Probable Causes
and
Statistics
Chapter
20
: “You Can’t See What You’r
e
Not Looking For”
Since the mid 1990’s, in the northernmost
district
of America
where
Interstate
s
9
0
and 9
4
merge to
cut
a
scenic
route
toward
the
west
,
crossing
nearly
a dozen
states
along the way
and skirting
the border with Canada
, scores of young men are vanishing every year
without a trace.
O
nly to turn up days, weeks, or months
later
in nearby
bod
ies
of water
, d
ead.
O
ccurring
mainly
b
etween
the months of
September to
April
, i
t’s the same story
repeating
itself
every
time
,
with little variation: A young man
goes out for the evening
with his friends,
gets separated from them some time
after midnight,
and
, despite massive
search
effort
s
by his
loved ones
to find
out
what became of
him,
is never seen alive again.
For local
law enforcement officials
the
hunt
for
lost
men
over the past fifteen years
has become
an
all too familiar
tale of woe
as well
, not the least because it’s costly and disruptive
.
B
ut
as far as
police are
concerned, even before they
launch an investigation
, even before
a body
’s
been
recovered
from the water
and an autopsy performed, it’s
always a cut-and-dry case
:
“No sign
s
of foul play.”
Young
people
are
simply
drink
ing
too much, the
authorities
claim.
Young
people
will
do
crazy and
stupid things when they’re
inebriated
.
They’ll even
throw themselves into
an
icy
river
or lake
and drown.
Seems a reasonable
enough explanation
on its face
, if only one or two fatalities
occurring
every
once in awhile
, and
a scenario
that’s
not totally impossible to imagine either
.
B
ut
by the
h
undreds
?
And
why
only males
then
?
All matching the same description
?
Washing
up in places thoroughly searched before…?
I first stumbled
up
on th
e
c
ase of the
d
rowning
m
en
in
early
2012
,
and
quite
by accident
.
Indeed, whatever it was I
’
d
originally been researching at th
e
moment
, it was undoubtedly not related to death or dying
,
and
I’m
also
positive it
had nothing to do with
H20 and its
cold
-
weather
hazards
.
But
the
b
rain
is
a
n efficient
machine
and
though
it
s focus
may be
directed to
one
particular
matter
it’s
still
constantly processing
everything else
on the periphery
;
sorting,
analyzing
and
connecting
all
the data-bytes it comes across
.
L
ike
pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Like dots on a map.