Rainey Street (above) is a vibrant area in Austin known for its night life and offerings of bars, food trucks and restaurants. The autopsies for the men who died this year were not available, but police said their bodies showed no signs of trauma. One theory is that the deaths in Austin share eerie similarities to the group of 'Smiley Face Killers' who some investigators believe may have been responsible for dozens of drownings of young men in the Midwest in the late 1990s. The water's edge is about a block and a half from Rainey Street and someone would have to jump a fence and walk down a trail to get to the lake.īut that hasn't eased terrified residents' minds as they have since set up Facebook groups and taken to TikTok to voice their growing fears that the deaths may be connected.Ī private Facebook group called Lady Bird Lake Serial Killer with more than 50,000 followers was created when Jason John's body was discovered in February. However, police have recently increased their presence on Rainey Street, and there has been discussion about ways to make the waterfront safer, like more patrols and lights along the trail.
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