The Christopher Jenkins story (via KSTP.com) has been featured on various websites and has been put in at least 118 different site’s feeds.
What is a feed? Data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it.
The Jenkins story (via KSTP.com) has been posted at least 132 times on different websites (blogs, community boards, forums, etc).
The amazing news: According to URLFAN.com – a website that tracks the popularity of all websites across the worldwide web – they list KSTP.com as the #3,958 MOST POPULAR SITE ON THE WEB in the world (due to the Jenkins story).
To prove what an accomplishment that is, these are the top 15 sites that are listed (for reference):
1. flickr.com 2. en.wikipedia.org 3. youtube.com 4. imdb.com 5. google.com 6. apple.com 7. washingtonpost.com 8. myspace.com 9. nytimes.com 10. technorati.com 11. news.yahoo.com 12. del.icio.us 13. microsoft.com 14. cnn.com 15. msnbc.msn.com
Go here to see charts of our rankings > http://www.urlfan.com/site/kstp_com/192094.html
The Christopher Jenkins story has been picked up by several news organizations – overseas and nationally. They are listed below:
1 INTERNATIONAL
NEWS - AUSTRALIA http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23617345-2,00.html
NATIONAL NEWS STORIES
ABC NEWS Detectives Chase 'Smiley Face' Murder Mystery http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4738621&page=1
GOOD MORNING AMERICA Retired NYC Detectives Spend 11 Years Connecting the Drowning Deaths of 40 Young Men Across the Country http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4738621&page=1
FOX NEWS Detectives: 40 Drowning Victims May Have Been Murdered by 'Smiley Face Gang' http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352960,00.html
MSNBC The smiley face of a killer? (no mention of KSTP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24366804/
NATIONAL COLLEGE LACROSSE ASSOCIATION KSTP reports on Chris Jenkins http://www.collegelax.us/news.php?action=fullnews&id=355
BALTIMORE SUN – BALTIMORE, MD 40 murders across the nation may be connected http://www.baltimoresun2.com/talk/showthread.php?p=3264845
NCB5 – CHICAGO Detectives, KSTP Link Student's Murder To Others http://www.nbc5.com/news/15991017/detail.html
WCBS – NEW YORK 'Serial' Drownings May Be Linked To Gang Activity (no mention of KSTP) http://wcbstv.com/seenon/serial.drownings.murder.2.710715.html
LEADER-TELEGRAM – EAU CLAIRE, WI Killing a bad theory http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news_local.asp?id=BGGCMM36CG6
620 WTMJ NEWSRADIO – MILWAUKEE, WI DETECTIVES: Drowning Deaths Connected http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/18331869.html
MILWAUKEE JOUNRAL SENTINEL – MILWAUKEE, WI Ex-cops question dozens of drownings http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=744637
LOCAL NEWS STORIES
2 STAR TRIBUNE Police: Evidence doesn’t support TV report on Jenkins’ death http://www.startribune.com/local/18375754.html
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO The death of Chris Jenkins http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/04/the_death_of_chris_ jenkins.shtml
MPLS ST. PAUL MAGAZINE KSTP’s ‘Psycho Killers’ Story http://msp.blogs.com/brianlambert/2008/04/kstps-psycho-ki.html
MINNPOST The Daly Glean www.minnpost.com/dailyglean
MINNESOTA DAILY – UNIVESRITY OF MINNESOTA Jenkins family holds NYC press conference http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2008/04/29/72166961
U student's murder linked to string of others http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2008/04/25/72166901
Also, several news organizations have begun looking into their local drowning cases after our investigation.
RELATED NATIONAL NEWS STORIES
FOX 23 – ALBANY, NY New Questions Raised in Szostak Case (Joshua Szostak) http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=4c017391-6d6e-4840-9964-b8cd59440f60
DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE – ROCHESTER, NY Local death gains TV spot (Adam Falcon) http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/NEWS01/804280327/1002/NE WS
WHAM – ROCHESTER, NY Police Investigate Student’s Drowning as Possible Murder (Adam Falcon) http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=a9b80c7c-242b-40fc-903d- fa527b2a9a26&rss=102
MPN NOW – ROCHESTER, NY Was Victor grad a victim of foul play? (Adam Falcon) http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x883026352
WSBT 22 – SOUTH BEND, IN Report: ND man's drowning included in serial killer study (Chad Sharon) http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/18399484.html
BLOGS *KSTP.com it literally linked to HUNDREDS of blogs -- these are some of the most notable*
KFAN http://rubechat.kfan.com/forums/thread/2950898.aspx
3 MINNESOTA WILD http://boards.wild.com/index.php?showtopic=21063&mode=threaded&pid=595361
SCOUT.com http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=192&f=2495&t=2423791&sto=pagestart#s=192&f=2495&t=2423791
AOL MESSAGE BOARDS http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=458505&articleId=1925460&func=6&chann el=News&filterRead=false&filterHidden=true&filterUnhidden=false
AOL PROPELLER - PUBLIC NEWS COMMENT BOARD http://news.propeller.com/story/2008/04/26/what-are-officials-doing-about-the-new-jenkins-evidence/
DIGG – PUBLIC COMMENT BOARD http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Chris_Jenkins_murder_connects_dozens_around_country
FOOTPRINTS AT THE RIVER’S EDGE (website tracking 46 missing college men) http://footprintsattheriversedge.blogspot.com/2008/04/link-between-disappearances.html
I REPORT http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-16836
ALL THE LATEST NEWS http://a11news.com/57/smiley-face-murders/
PLEASE HOLD, YOUR CALL IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US http://jenshegg.blogspot.com/2008/04/smiley-face-killers-and-occams-razor.html
WIKIO NEWS http://www.wikio.com/discussion/603049
DEATH BY WATER http://www.seablogger.com/?p=10623
FREEDOM EDEN http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2008/04/smiley-face-gang.html
CRIME AND JUSTICE http://www.crimeandjustice.us/forums/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=7&t=1205
NEWSGROUPS http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.politics/2008-04/msg04075.html
CAFÉ BYTES (features KSTP investigative stories, not just Jenkins) http://www.cafebytes.com/?a=Kstp
MNSPEAK.com – MINNESOTA PUBLIC COMMENT BOARD http://www.mnspeak.com/mnspeak/archive/post-5273.cfm
UCLUE http://us.uclue.de/3246750.html
HELP FIND THE MISSING http://helpfindthemissing.org/blog/
FREE REPUBLIC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006989/posts
DROWNING IN COINCIDENT http://www.vanceholmes.com/court/trial_missing.html
IN SESSION http://boards.insessiontrials.com/showthread.php?s=2a1a6bcc2422bfed1da97df0e83c8fca&threadid=330 037&pagenumber=3
4 NEWSVINE http://shaunstanert.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/29/1459215-detectives-chris-jenkins-murder-connects- dozens-around-country?threadId=257064
TOPIX http://www.topix.com/us/fbi/2008/04/police-fbi-break-silence-about-jenkins-case
ABOVE TOP SECRET http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread351428/pg4
WEB SLEUTHS http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2166609
CRIME LIBRARY http://boards.crimelibrary.com/showthread.php?p=9096546
OFFICIAL COLD CASE INVESTIGATIONS http://www.officialcoldcaseinvestigations.com/showthread.php?p=18960
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