UW Lacrosse (on the Mississippi River) also has had there share of lone, male, usually drunk deaths. My son goes to this school, so these stories interest me.
http://wcco.com/local/serial.killer.lacrosse.2.370055.html
I don’t know if there are any comic book fans on FR, but an article from a London tabloid found what may be a clue. The article reads, “The killings bear a striking similarity to the cult Watchmen comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons.
Published from 1986 to 1987, the comics portray a series of murders, beginning with that of a costumed adventurer called The Comedian whose body is found next to a blood-stained smiley face.”
I don’t know much about this case myself.