Burke's first novel, Judgment Calls, is loosely based on the case of Keith Hunter Jesperson, a serial killer known as the "Happy Face Killer" for the smiley faces he drew on his many letters to the media.
In 1990, after 15 years of marriage, Jesperson was divorced and saw his dream to become a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman dashed following an injury.
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It was more than six months before his next victim was found in July 1993, a Jane Doe "street person" in Santa Nella, California.
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He is serving three consecutive life sentences at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.
Keith Hunter Jesperson - A serial killer who used the smiley face symbol on his letters to the police and prosecutors
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