The death of Dakota James: The Smiley Face Killers?

Crime and Coffee Couple - True Crime Podcast

Bleav + Allison and Mike

Married, Murder, Documentary, Society & Culture, History, Husband, Truecrime, Couple, Coffee, Wife, True Crime

4.6 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, 23-year-old Dakota James vanished after a night out in Pittsburgh, last seen on surveillance near the Allegheny River, only for his body to surface 40 days later, ruled an accidental drowning—though his parents suspect foul play tied to the Smiley Face Killers theory. Tune into this gripping podcast to explore a young life lost, a family’s quest for answers, and the chilling question: was it an accident or something far darker?

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Welcome back to another episode with the crime and coffee couple. My name's Allison.
0:07.8	Hey, my name is Mike. Hey, babe. How are you? I'm doing just fine. How are you?
0:12.0	Good, good. You're a good looking gal. I was noticing the other day that, uh, you know, you talk a lot about this facial stuff and like, you know, your nightly mock tales or whatever.
0:21.2	And then you're going to run that thing over your face that pokes needles into your face.
0:24.9	It's called a micro-needling system.
0:26.9	Yeah, yeah, all that.
0:27.7	You were very excited about that.
0:28.7	I'm like, you're really focusing on your face.
0:30.2	And then you're like, well, I mean, I am on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube's. And I'm like, oh, yeah, I guess you are kind of becoming sort of a public figure, you know,
0:38.3	a small, small public figure.
0:40.3	Yeah.
0:40.3	I do not consider myself a public figure.
0:43.2	But when you have your phone in your face and you're just looking at your face, it can be a little humbling.
0:49.6	Sure, sure.
0:50.2	A.k.a. appalling. shocking.
0:53.0	Yeah.
0:53.2	Well, especially now that you're aging and older.
0:55.1	Excuse me, I'm sorry, what?
0:56.3	Yeah, a lot of those things.
0:57.3	A lot more like crow's feet.
0:58.4	Like, if I ever think crow's feet, it's like, well, I just look at you and it's like, okay, there they are.
1:01.5	If I ever think I want my fist to go into your face.
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