victims
The following list encompasses victims and drowning deaths (from 1997 to present) that fit the profile. It does not imply that we’ve researched all these cases.
Patrick McNeill, 21
Patrick McNeill
MISSING: 2/16/97 – New York City, NY
RECOVERED: 4/97 – East River
Charles Blatz, 28
Charles Blatz
MISSING: 09/22/97 – La Crosse, WI
RECOVERED: 10/97 – Mississippi River
Anthony Skifton, 19
MISSING: 10/10/97 – La Crosse, WI
RECOVERED: 10/97 – Mississippi River
Ryan Getz, 21
Ryan Getz
MISSING: 12/31/97 – East Lansing, MI
RECOVERED: 4/18/98 – Red Cedar River
Larry Andrews, 22
MISSING: 1/1/98 – New York City, NY
RECOVERED: 2/98 – East River
Franklin Gottschalk, 25
MISSING: 2/2/97 – East Lansing, MI
NOT RECOVERED
Charley Project – Franklin Gottschalk
Nathan Kapfer, 19
Nathan Kapfer
MISSING: 2/22/98 – La Crosse, WI
RECOVERED: 4/98 – Mississippi River
Keith Noble, 19
Keith Noble
MISSING: 4/25/98 – Athens, OH
RECOVERED: 5/98 – Hocking River
Joshua Bender, 19
MISSING: 5/12/98 – New York City, NY
RECOVERED: 5/98 – Hudson River
Jeff Geesey, 21
Jeff Geesey
MISSING: 4/13/99 – La Crosse, WI
RECOVERED: 5/24/99 – Mississippi River
Nathan Edberg, 21
Nathan Edberg
MISSING: 4/14/99 – White Bear Lake, MN
NOT RECOVERED
Brian Welzien, 21
Brian Welzien
MISSING: 1/1/00 – Chicago, IL
RECOVERED: 3/00 – Lake Michigan
Ryan Katcher, 19
Ryan Katcher
MISSING: 11/5/00 – Oakwood, IL
RECOVERED: 7/06 – Kickapoo State Park Pond
Patrick Runningen, 23
MISSING: 3/1/01 – La Crosse, WI
RECOVERED: 3/01 – Black River
Justin Hayduk, 18
Justin Hayduk
MISSING: 3/10/01 – Morgantown, WV
RECOVERED: 5/01 – Monongahela River
Ken Christiansen, 19
Ken Christiansen
MISSING: 4/13/01 – Duluth, MN
RECOVERED: 4/01 – Chester Creek
Eric Blair, 18
Eric Blair
MISSING: 10/20/01 – East Lansing, MI
RECOVERED: 10/01 – Red Cedar River
Christopher Nordby, 27
Christopher Nordby
MISSING: 11/07/01 – Minneapolis, MN
RECOVERED: 2/02 – Mississippi River
Albert Papandreou, 32
MISSING: 4/12/02 – Chicago, IL
RECOVERED: 4/02 – Lake Michigan
Scott Javins, 20
Scott Javins
MISSING: 5/24/02 – Terre Haute, IN
RECOVERED: 10/07 – Wabash River
Scott Javins is missing – Family Website
Craig Burrows, 23
Craig Burrows
MISSING: 9/29/02 – Eau Claire, WI
RECOVERED: 10/02 – Half Moon Lake
Christopher Jenkins, 21
Christopher Jenkins
MISSING: 10/31/02 – Minneapolis, MN
RECOVERED: 2/03 – Mississippi River
Click here to read about Jan Jenkins’ book, Footprints of Courage
Josh Guimond, 20
Joshua Guimond
MISSING: 11/9/02 – Collegeville, MN
NOT RECOVERED
Chad Sharon, 18
Chad Sharon
MISSING: 12/12/02 – South Bend, IN
RECOVERED: 02/03 – St. Joseph River
Nathan Herr, 21
Nathan Herr
MISSING: 1/10/03 – Sheboygan, WI
RECOVERED: 3/03 – Lake Michigan
Jeremy Stienkeoway, 24
MISSING: 1/20/03 – Hinckley, MN
RECOVERED: 4/03 – St. Croix River
Glen Leadley, 23
Glen Leadly
MISSING: 2/8/03 – Chicago, IL
RECOVERED: 2/03 – Lake Michigan
Jeremy Houk, 18
Jeremy Houk
MISSING: 3/1/03 – New Orleans, LA
RECOVERED: 5/03 – Mississippi River
Matthew Schiess, 17
Matthew Schiess
MISSING: 11/1/03 – Lena, IL
RECOVERED: 11/03 – Pecatonica River
Jared Dion, 21
Jared Dion
MISSING: 4/10/04 – La Crosse, WI
RECOVERED: 4/04 – Mississippi River
Marlon Blue, 21
MISSING: 4/17/04 – DeKalb, IL
RECOVERED – 4/04 – retention pond in DeKalb
Chris Olberding, 18
Chris Olberding
MISSING: 10/2/04 – Cincinnati, OH
RECOVERED: 10/04 – Ohio River
Adam Falcon, 20
Adam Falcon
MISSING: 11/13/04 – Canton, NY
RECOVERED: 11/04 – Grasse River
Keith Ryan, 22
Keith Ryan
MISSING: 4/13/05 – Peoria, IL
NOT RECOVERED
Patrick Welsh, 22
Patrick Welsh
MISSING: 4/15/05 – New York City, NY
RECOVERED: 6/05 – Hudson River
Dan Pirfo, 19
Dan Pirfo
MISSING: 4/24/05 – Ithaca, NY
RECOVERED: 5/05 – Fall Creek Gorge
Todd Geib, 22
Todd Geib
MISSING: 6/12/05 – Casnovia, MI
RECOVERED: 7/05 – Obenhall Lake
Joshua Snell, 22
Josh Snell
MISSING: 6/12/05 – Eau Claire, WI
RECOVERED: 6/05 – Chippewa River
Tony Lunzio, Jr, 25
Tony Lunzio
MISSING: 7/4/05 – Columbus, OH
NOT RECOVERED
Jacob Hobson, 27
Jacob Hobson
MISSING: 7/19/05 – Ames, IA
FOUND: 7/05 – College Creek
Patrick Kycia, 19
Patrick Kycia
MISSING: 9/23/05 – Moorhead, MN
RECOVERED: 9/05 – Red River
Albert Campbell, 22
Albert Campbell
MISSING: 10/7/05 – Potsdam, N
RECOVERED: 10/05 – Raquette River
Dr. Shankar Palaniappan, 26
Dr. Shankar Palaniappan
MISSING: 10/9/05 – Toledo, OH
RECOVERED: 10/05 – Maumee River
Matt Soumakis, 31
Matt Soumakis
MISSING: 12/6/05 – Chicago, IL
RECOVERED: 12/05 – Chicago River
Matt Kruziki, 24
Matt Kruziki
MISSING: 12/23/05 – East Dubuque, IL
RECOVERED: 3/06 – Mississippi River
Kenji Ohmi, 20
MISSING: 1/28/06 – Madison, WI
RECOVERED: 7/06 – Lake Mendota
Scot Radel, 21
Scot Radel
MISSING: 2/2/06 – St. Cloud, MN
RECOVERED: 3/06 – Mississippi River
Brian Shaffer, 27
Brian Shaffer
MISSING: 4/1/06 – Columbus, OH
NOT RECOVERED
Find Brian Shaffer – Family Website
Max Walker, 26
Max Walker
MISSING: 7/26/06 – Milwaukee, WI
RECOVERED: 7/06 – Milwaukee River
Lucas Homan, 21
Lucas Homan
MISSING: 9/30/06 – La Crosse, WI
RECOVERED: 10/06 – Mississippi River
Jesse Ross, 19
Jesse Ross
MISSING: 11/21/06 – Chicago, IL
NOT RECOVERED
Find Jesse Ross – Family Website
Nicholas Rossini, 20
Nicholas Rossini
MISSING: 12/16/06 – White Bear Lake, MN
RECOVERED: 4/07 – Goose Lake
Brad Olsen, 26
Brad Olsen
MISSING: 1/20/07 – DeKalb, IL
NOT RECOVERED
Matthew Grendel, 20
Matthew Grendel
MISSING: 3/10/07 – Scranton, PA
RECOVERED: 5/07 – Roaring Brook
Joshua Kaneakua, 19
MISSING: 3/17/07 – Minneapolis, MN
RECOVERED: 3/07 – Mississippi River
Abel Bolanos, 19
Abel Bolanos
MISSING: 3/31/07 – Ames, IA
RECOVERED: 4/07 – Lake LaVerne
John Pike, 23
John Pike
MISSING: 6/2/07 – Fairhaven, MA
RECOVERED: 6/07 – Buzzard’s Bay
Justin Gaines, 18
Justin Gaines
MISSING: 11/2/07 – Duluth, GA
NOT RECOVERED
Find Justin Gaines – Family Website
Matt LaCrosse, 25
Matt LaCrosse
MISSING: 11/9/07 – Bangor, ME
RECOVERED: 3/08 – Penobscot River
Kyle Fleischmann, 24
Kyle Fleischmann
MISSING: 11/9/07 – Charlotte, NC
NOT RECOVERED
The Kyle Fleischmann Foundation
Gabriel Smith, 27
Gabriel Smith
MISSING: 12/8/07 – Ludington, MI
RECOVERED: 3/08 – Pere Marquette Lake (it adjoins Lake Michigan)
David Reilly, 30
David Reilly
MISSING: 11/21/07 – Kingston, NY
RECOVERED: 7/08 – Hudson River
Joshua Szostak, 21
Josh Szostak
MISSING: 12/23/07 – Albany, NY
RECOVERED: 4/22/08 – Hudson River
Tommy Booth, 24
Tommy Booth
MISSING: 1/20/08 – Ridley Township, PA
RECOVERED: 2/08 – Ridley Creek – feeds into the Delaware River
Nicholas Garza, 19
Nicholas Garza
MISSING: 2/5/08 – Middlebury, VT
RECOVERED: 5/08 – Otter Creek
Click here to read the police report.
Click here for more on the official cause of Nick’s death.
Huaijun Meng, 31
MISSING: 4/1/08 – Carbondale, IL
RECOVERED: 4/08 – creek on Southern Illinois Univ. campus – Meng was a grad. student
Willie Jacobson, 19
Willie Jacobson
MISSING: 4/27/08 – Ithaca, NY
RECOVERED: 4/08 – retention pond in Ithaca
Brandon Novogroski, 25
Brandon Novogroski
MISSING: 7/28/08 – Bellevue, KY
RECOVERED: 8/08 – Ohio River
William Stanton, 17
Will Stanton
MISSING: 8/8/08 – Beverly, MA
RECOVERED: 8/08 – nearby pond
Trevor Boehm, 20
Trevor Boehm
MISSING: 11/5/08 – Evanston, IL
RECOVERED: 11/08 – Lake Michigan
Jessiah Jameson, 21
Jessiah Jameson
MISSING: 11/16/08 – Clarksville, TN
RECOVERED: 12/08 – Cumberland River
Kambili Moukwa, 22
Kambili Moukwa
MISSING: 1/1/09 – Philadelphia, PA
RECOVERED: 1/09 – parking lot near Delaware River
David Martinez, 26
David Martinez
MISSING: 1/1/09 – Cherry Hill, NJ
RECOVERED: 1/09 – frozen fountain behind bar
Ezra Milan, 22
Ezra Milan
MISSING: 3/11/09 – Portland, ME
RECOVERED: 5/8/09 – Fore River
Juan Garcia, 18
Juan Garcia
MISSING: 3/16/09 – Portland, OR
RECOVERED: 7/09 - Willamette River
Dan Zamlen, 18
Dan Zamlen
MISSING: 4/5/09 – St. Paul, MN
RECOVERED: 5/1/09 – Mississippi River
Click to read more about the official cause of Dan’s death.
Jelani Brinson, 24
Jelani Brinson
MISSING: 4/17/09 – Anoka, MN
RECOVERED: 4/25/09 – pond at Greenhaven Golf Course in Anoka, MN
Gerald Smith, 22
Gerald Smith
MISSING: 5/1/09 – Terre Haute, IN
RECOVERED: 5/8/09 – Wabash River in Vincennes, IN
Click to read more about the official cause of Gerald’s death.
* NOTE: There are dozens of missing men in Canada and some have been recovered in water. I have not done as much research on the cases. However, I have posted about the May 2009 disappearances of Mason MacPhail and Shane Fair. Click here to read more about Mason and Shane.
Click here to go to a website dedicated to the dozens of missing and murdered Canadian men.
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Brandon Swanson from Marshall, Minnesota should be on here too.
There is a new possible case in Boston for Eugene Losik. He went missing this last weekend from the Marriott hotel after a night of partying with friends and has not been found since. Maybe the same killers as William Hurley- found later in the Charles River, Boston MA.
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100222search_on_for_missing_lawrence_man_party-going_engineer_last_seen_on_long_wharf_hotel_tape/srvc=home&position=2
Two sisters from La Crosse are leading a community-wide event this Sunday to bring people closer together.
They want to the community to come up with ways to prevent future drownings, like the one that happened to their brother 24 years ago.
“As we come together Sunday, we want to link arms and show our support and solidarity to this community,” said Lisa Schwartzhoff.
Lisa and her sister Paula Homp say 21-year-old Craig Meyers’ recent drowning in the Mississippi River hits close to home for them.
That’s because in 1986, their 17-year-old brother Terry drowned the in River after drinking at a party.
Paula says when another drowning occurs, their thoughts go back to their brother.
“We hate to see another family go through that and if you can find a way to prevent that from happening, you’ll do everything in your power to do it,” Homp said.
So Paula and Lisa will lead a human chain along the Mississippi River in Riverside Park this Sunday.
“As we stand together, the strength in numbers shows power and support and that we can make a change in this city,” Lisa said.
The sisters want the community to find a way to stop the shocking number of young people who have gotten intoxicated and drowned in the river.
Meyers’ death last week is the ninth time in 13 years that an intoxicated college-aged man has drowned in the Mississippi.
“I was on a lot of Facebook groups and reading everybody’s ideas and blaming everybody, blaming somebody or something on the recent drownings and listening to everybody’s ideas,” Paula said.
So she thought about creating an event where the community can come together and share ideas on what to do about the problem, instead of pointing fingers.
“We’re hoping to hear all the ideas on that day,” Paula explained. “If they don’t want to voice their ideas, there’s gonna be an opportunity to write them down.”
Paula and Lisa have been working with La Crosse County Tavern League President Mike Brown to help plan Sunday’s event.
“This is about coming to a positive solution and people who think they can make a difference and step up,” Brown said.
“I just think it’s very important as a community as a whole to come together and show their support for this cause and stop it from happening again,” said Lisa.
A cause Lisa and Paula hope will bring the community closer together and make a difference in the future.
Paula and Lisa say they hope to create a 15-member committee for A Safer La Crosse. The committee will present those ideas to the City of La Crosse to work to come up with a solution to the problem.
If you’d like to join the human chain, or voice your ideas on how to solve the problem, you can meet Paula and Lisa at Riverside park near the Visitor Center at noon on Sunday. They hope thousands of people attend the event.
Bryce Daniel Tarter (19) Missing since 01/31/2010 from Savannah, GA. He has not be found to date.
Has anyone mapped out the forsure smiley face killer victomes and the days the deaths occurred on and figured out if the killers do this on current days of the week and figure out what their driving distance may be if their doing this on their days off from work or school or if they are driving a rout that takes them curtain areas curtain months or ?? Any kind of pattern.