PIEHL: Smiley Face - This is the day

From Investigative Reporter, Kristi Piehl

It's October 15th. This is the day the petitions were going to be delivered to the FBI.

More than 10,000 people signed petitions asking the FBI to launch a formal investigation into the drowning deaths of 40 men. As you know, there is a belief that the deaths are connected and perpetrated by people now known as "The Smiley Face Killers." Parents of several victims worked over the summer to collect the petitions.

So why aren't the petitions being delivered today? When this date was discussed, it was several months ago. It was before the troubling economic times and before election coverage dominated the local and national news.

The parents are going to wait to deliver these petitions to the FBI. They hope their delivery will create more public pressure for the FBI to take a look at the drownings. If the petition delivery is not front page news, they are concerned the petitions, that they worked so hard to gather, will not make the kind of impact they are hoping for.

I'll let you know when there is a new time table.....