Keith Jesperson was born on 6 April 1955 to Leslie "Les" Samuel and Gladys Lorraine Jesperson (née
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Jesperson's first known victim was Taunja Bennett on 21 January 1990, near Portland, Oregon, United States. He introduced himself to Bennett at a bar and invited her to a house he was renting. After getting in an argume… See more

Early in the investigation of Bennett's murder, Laverne Pavlinac read the news reports surrounding Bennett's death and saw it as an opportunity to force an end to the long-term abusive relationship she had been in wit… See more

Following Bennett's murder, as all the attention was going to Pavlinac and Sosnovske, Jesperson wrote a confession on the bathroom wall of a truck stop and signed it with a smiley face. When that did not create t… See more

In November 2008, Jesperson's daughter, Melissa G. Moore, appeared on Dr. Phil to talk about her father. She was also featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Lifetime Movies network series Monster in My Family, and a … See more

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