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Dec 2020
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“The Happy Face Killer” Keith Jesperson ...

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Always shy and a little curious, Keith Jesperson lived a troubled childhood. Beaten by his father, and always struggling to make friends, Keith grew up vowing he'd never hurt children. But he made no such promise when it came to women.

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