Who Is Todd Geib? New Details About the Victim at the Center of the 'Smiley Face Killer' Show
In 2005, Todd Geib Went to a Keg Party in an Orchard Outside Casnovia, Mi, Where He Lived. He Spent the Evening Among the 50 or So Guests at the Party...
In 2005, Todd Geib went to a keg party in an orchard outside Casnovia, MI, where he lived. He spent the evening among the 50 or so guests at the party, unloading during a fight that broke out just before 1 a.m. After that, he made some phone calls to let friends know he was leaving.
He was never seen alive again.
He would be found weeks later in a nearby lake. Initially, authorities wondered if he had been so drunk that he fell into the water and drowned accidentally. His blood alcohol level backed-up that theory. But there was no water in his lungs, which ruled out drowning as a likely cause of death. What’s more, there was some thought that he had been dead for a few days before he was found.
Todd Geib’s death was ruled accidental but now the show Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice is taking up his story, with a theory that he was the victim of a gang of serial killers who murder young men across the country.
So who is Todd Geib? Here's what we know.
1. Todd
In 2005, Todd was 22 years old and living in Casanovia, MI, not far from where his family lived in Ravenna. He worked Hager Distribution, Inc., and enjoyed sports and the outdoors in his spare time. He was sharing a home with his cousin and he stopped by there after seeing his parents the night that he disappeared. Afterward, he went out to a bar with some friends, before decided to head out to a party in the orchard around 9:30 p.m. June 11.
The party continued on into the early hours of June 12, but around 12:45 a.m. another group of men showed up trying to instigate a fight. Shortly after their arrival, Todd called the friend who had driven him there to say he’d had enough and planned to leave. Shortly after that, he called another friend and said he was in a field.
His final call was to his sister. No one heard from him after that.
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2. Search
Over 1,500 people searched for Todd after he disappeared. They spent days scouring the area where he was last seen and found no trace of him. It was 21 days later when a couple saw him in Ovidhall Lake, about two miles from Todd’s home. He was standing upright int he lake with his head and shoulders above water when he was found — but he was dead.
He was fully clothed and his wallet was in his pocket. Officers at the time assumed that he had either walked into the lake or gone swimming and drowned due to intoxication. In fact, later tests would reveal that his had blood alcohol content of .12.
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