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      • When investigators asked him why he decided to come forward, Jesperson listed two reasons. "To come clean… get it all over, the record straight. I had been worried about this for a long time. I wanted to get those two people out of prison," he said in 1995, referring to Pavlinac and Sosnovske.
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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Jun 15, 2021 · Following Laverne Pavlinac's false confession, Keith Hunter Jesperson decided to become the latest serial killer to take credit for his own crimes. Per Murderpedia, the first message Jesperson wrote to make his crimes public was found on a restroom wall at a truck stop in Oregon.

  5. 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...

  6. Feb 2, 2021 · Keith Hunter Jesperson committed his first murder in 1990. His victims, who were often raped and strangled, included short-term acquaintances, sex workers and a girlfriend.

  7. 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.

  8. Jul 7, 2021 · Keith Hunter Jesperson is serving four consecutive life sentences for killing eight women — because he bragged about it. Had he not, he might've gotten away.