Keith Jesperson, 67, from British Columbia, Canada , killed at least eight women while traveling America s highways as a long-haul rig driver in the 1990s.
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Read how cops finally identified "Blue Pacheco" the body of a woman killed by "Happy Face Killer" Keith Jesperson in Gilroy in 1993 as Patricia Skiple.
By the time Keith Jesperson was given the nickname the Happy Face Killer by a newspaper reporter, he was four years into a chilling series of murders that began in 1990.
Whether you call it a happy face or a smiley face, the ubiquitous emoji two dots and a curvy line tucked inside a circle communicates a message that’s all about a happy vibe.
The fact that this iconic symbol is associated with not one, but two serial killer cases is doubly disturbing. The goofy grin has been turned into a tool of terror in some cases.