Tired of the rumors, La Crosse police asked the FBI's National Center for Analysis of Violent Crime to review their investigations, and on Aug. 21 Police Chief Ed Kondracki announced that the FBI had found no evidence to support the serial killer theory.

The chief said the report noted that eight other people who survived falls into water in the area reported no contact with anyone else, and that there had been no reports of suspicious people approaching men in the areas where the victims were last seen.

The FBI also reported that student volunteers who began patrolling the park after Homan's death encountered about 40 drunk people along the water, Kondracki said.

Kondracki didn't release the report, saying it's FBI property. The FBI hasn't responded to an Associated Press request for a copy under the Freedom of Information Act.

Richard Hlavaty- Reported missing following a witnessed altercation downtown, was chased into the river by a group of people along with his brother. Brother made it, Richard drowned. Autopsy was done cause of death drowning/ Manner accident. BAC .27

Two men were found dead near Zephyr Cove beach on Saturday with one of the victims found on the beach and the other submerged in water.

The men, Timothy Coleman, 19 of Gardnerville, and Alex Haas, also 19, from Carson Valley, are believed to have gone to the beach on Friday with the intent to stay for one day.

The pair were discovered Saturday, with Coleman found washed up on shore 500 yards north of Zephyr Cove Resort pier at about 1 p.m., Douglas County Sheriff Sgt. Tom Mezzetta said.

As 21 year old Joshua Szostak was laid to rest Saturday, there are new questions being raised about whether or not his death is connected to the murder of a Minneapolis college student.

Szostak's body was discovered in the Hudson River on Tuesday. He had been missing since December 23rd after leaving an Albany bar. Autopsy results ruled he drowned and there was no foul play. Albany Police have since closed the investigation.

But now a Minneapolis TV station is reporting two retired NYPD detectives are saying that Szostak's death could be connected to the deaths of about 40 other college men around the country including that of University of Minnesota student Chris Jenkins. Their deaths were all similar.

Szostak's father Bill responded to that on Radio 810 WGY.

Bill Szostak said, "Anything is possible. I'm not closing any doors. I'm leaving all options open. All I know is that my son may have had a few drinks, but remember he had the ability to walk to the port...no one just walks into the river. If anybody knows my son, that's a complete stretch of the truth."

It's still unclear why Szostak's cell phone was found near a stolen DEC vehicle.

Toxicology results are expected to come back in a few weeks.

Matt Kruziki was driving east through Iowa when he and his buddy decided they should rest for the night. They stopped in Dubuque and checked into a motel. It was still early, so they went across the river to a strip club, The River Queen Lounge, in East Dubuque, Iowa. He left the bar early in the morning on Christmas Eve, 2005.

He was never seen alive again.

On Saturday, March 18, 2006, a water plane pilot was flying low over the Mississippi River in Illinois when he noticed something floating in the water. A closer look horrified the pilot -- it was a body.

The pilot called 9-1-1, and authorities set to work identifying the body. An autopsy revealed that the body belonged to 24-year-old Matthew Kruziki, who had gone missing on Christmas Eve 2005.

A coroner's report indicated Kruziki had drowned and that there were no signs of foul play.

Matt’s body was found, floating in the Mississippi River on March 18, 2006. The coroner’s report said there were no signs of foul play. There are three things about this case that are very interesting. One, the coroner’s report said no foul play. Two, Matt’s body was located near Sinsiniwa Street and at that location, a crude smiley face was also found.

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The detectives have visited every site of a reported drowning, searching for the location of the body entering the water, not where found. At each location, they have found a disturbing symbol, a smiley face. They have found the smiley face in Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and most recently in Iowa.

In Michigan, with the usual sick graffiti, they found the word, “Sinsiniwa.” It meant nothing, at least, until they arrived in East Dubuque, Illinois. Matt Kruziki’s body went into the river at the foot of Sinsiniwa Avenue.

Bill Kruziki, Matt's father, is no stranger to criminal investigations. He's a former Wisconsin sheriff and the current US Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Now, the investigator has also become a victim and it makes his search for answers all the more poignant.