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Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and authorities.
Feb 2, 2021 · Serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, also known as the "Happy Face Killer," brutally murdered eight women between 1990 and 1995.
Nov 6, 2021 · Keith Hunter Jesperson, also known as “The Happy Face Killer,” is serving a life sentence in prison today. He is now 66 years old, according to his prison records.
Oct 7, 2023 · Long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women across the United States in the 1990s and sent authorities confession letters signed with smiley faces. But the identity of...
Nov 2, 2021 · Revealed as the Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson confessed to killing eight women in Florida, California, Oregon, Wyoming, and Washington. He was found guilty of killing Bennett, Pentland, and Winningham and was sentenced to six consecutive and concurrent sentences.
Aug 17, 2023 · The murder of 41-year-old Julie Winningham in March 1995 set off a chain of events that led to a serial killer being captured. Investigation Discovery’s ‘The Happy Face Killer: Mind of a Monster’ chronicles Keith Hunter Jesperson’s slayings.
Nov 4, 2021 · Before serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known by his nickname "Happy Face Killer," turned himself in, authorities believed they had solved the murder of his first victim Taunja Bennett.
Oct 5, 2023 · She was one of at least eight women in the U.S. and Canada who were murdered by Keith Jesperson before his arrest in February of 1996.
Apr 18, 2022 · Keith Hunter Jesperson, a serial killer currently serving a life sentence at the Oregon State Penitentiary, acquired the “Happy Face Killer” moniker after he wrote a series of anonymous letters...
Oct 4, 2021 · Jesperson almost got away with the murder of Bennett, after someone else took credit for the crime: a 57-year-old hospital worker named Laverne Pavlinac. She claimed she and her boyfriend, John Sosnovske, had raped and beaten the young woman, the Los Angeles Times reported.
