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Keith Hunter Jesperson murdered eight women and confessed his crimes in letters signed with a smiley face Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

He earned his nickname for the smiley faces he included in letters sent to authorities. According to Rolling Stone, in the 1990s, the father of three killed at least eight women over a span of ...

His moniker, the Happy Face Killer, came from the smiley face he would sketch when signing letters or notes about his heinous acts. In 1990, Laverne Pavlinac falsely confessed that her live-in ...

signing letters to the media with a smiley face. This, in turn, led him to be dubbed the "Happy Face Killer," a label that proved convenient in true crime circles, where names like "The Golden ...