“It is matter of fact ‘cause that’s what it is.”
“I meant to kill her to cover up the assault,” he told Chang, who noted that he seemed to show no remorse. Jesperson met Bennett in a Portland-area bar before taking her back to his home “to get lucky.” During a physical altercation, Jesperson repeatedly struck Bennett in the face, then strangled her out of fear of going to prison for the lesser crime of causing bodily injury. During the calls, Jesperson detailed several of his murders, beginning with 23-year-old Taunja Bennett in January 1990 - the same year he finalized his divorce from his ex-wife Rose Hucke. He did, however, speak to ABC News’ JuJu Chang numerous times by phone in 2010. According to ABC News, he was barred from giving face-to-face interviews because of how much he enjoyed the attention. Jesperson is currently serving multiple life sentences in Oregon State Penitentiary.
Netflix revisits his crimes in Catching Killers, a new docuseries told through the perspectives of investigators who caught serial killers. After confessing to his first murder in a note left on a truck stop wall, Jesperson earned his nickname by sending taunting letters to media and law enforcement officials all signed with a smiley face. Though some of his victims have never been identified, most were women who were either hitchhikers or prostitutes, all of whom he strangled. Between 19, long haul truck driver Keith Hunter Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer, murdered eight women across the United States.
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