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May 2018
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#128: Honoring the Victims of a Serial K...

Real Crime Profile / Wondery
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Laura Richards and Lisa Zambetti interview Melissa Moore, the daughter of Keith Jespersen, whose terrible moniker was “The Happy Face Killer”. 


He murdered at least 8 women during the early 1990s and at least one victim, Daun, survived.


We ask difficult questions of Melissa about her life: what was going on behind closed doors; were there any warning signs that he was a danger to women and girls, and highlight the lessons to be learned.


We re-balance the narrative by talking about the victims, honouring their names and lives, remembering them and learning from their deaths:


#HerNameWasTaunjaBennett

#HerNameWasClaudia

#HerNameWasCynthiaLynRose

#HerNameWasLaurieAnnPentland

#HerNameWasJane

#HerNameWasSusanne

#HerNameWasAngelaSubrize

#HerNameWasJuliaAnnWinningham

#HerNameISDaunRichert-Slagle


@MelissaGMoore

Melissa’s show “Monster in my Family”

https://youtu.be/7ugV8zPHgH8


Melissa’s book “Shattered Silence”

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shattered-Silence-Untold-Killers-Daughter/dp/1599552388


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