Murder Ring theorists believe Columbus disappearance connected

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu May 1, 2008 10:37 AM EDT

Article Source: nbc4i.com

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Handsome, athletic, well-liked Ohio State med student Brian Shaffer went missing from a local bar in 2006. His family and friends launched a massive search to no avail. Two years later, it appeared he had disappeared in thin air.

Until recently. Two retired NYPD detectives, Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte, think that Shaffer's disappearance is a link in a series of similar homicides that are occurring all over the country.

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Groups: Ohio, Ohio Staters
Regions: Columbus-OH

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Ryan Stolte-Sawa

I remember when Brian went missing--you couldn't turn a corner without seeing his face on a "have you seen me?" poster. He was a popular guy, seemed happy with a girlfriend and good grades. He was strong, too. The whole thing seemed so strange.

We all followed the story pretty closely. I had a friend who lived in a condo above the building where Brian disappeared, and we'd all walked the labyrinthine halls of the Gateway plaza. friends speculated at all sorts of scenarios: maybe he was gay and couldn't tell his family, so he ran away. Maybe he left early for Spring Break. Maybe he got lost and is still wandering around Gateway Theatre. Maybe they'd find his body hacked to bits in a dark corner of those creepy stairs leading out the back of the bar.

Maybe we have serial murders on our hands.

Related seed: how the death of Chris Jenkins linked dozens of murders nationwide.

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4 votes

#1 - Thu May 1, 2008 10:46 AM EDT

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Perry O

A guy over on TreesAndThings.com wrote an article with a lot of information on this. The Smiley Face Of Death. Serial Killers Among Us Or False Theory?

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#2 - Thu May 1, 2008 11:04 AM EDT

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azsky13

Before this story came out I had thought that there might be a link between the drownings. They were all just too similar. I only knew about the ones In Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. I will have to read more have the links later when I have more time.

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2 votes

#3 - Thu May 1, 2008 2:15 PM EDT

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