happy face killer

or harmful. (December 2009)
Keith Hunter Jesperson
Background information
Also known as: The Happy Face Killer
Born: April 6, 1955 (1955-04-06) (age 55)
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Killings
Number of victims: 8 (confirmed)
Span of killings: January 23, 1990–March 10, 1995
Country: United States
State(s): Nebraska, California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming
Date apprehended: March 30, 1995

Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955, Chilliwack, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born American serial killer known as the "Happy Face Killer" for the smiley face he drew on his many letters to the media and prosecutors.[1] He first drew the smiley face on the wall of a toilet where he left an anonymous confession to killing Taunja Bennett, this was hundreds of miles away from the scene of the crime. When that didn't elicit a response, he began writing letters