JENNINGS, BRAD [viz Miscarriages of Justice: Jennings, Brad]: Dateline: Secrets Uncovered TV - Springfield News online -
They had a tumultuous marriage … According to him, he sees Lisa with a gunshot wound to the head. So initially ruled a suicide. Dateline: Murder: Secrets Uncovered, Sky Crime 2020
She had been having an affair with her boss. ibid.
The defence didn’t mention that Lisa’s father had committed suicide, or that she herself attempted suicide back in high school. ibid.
The bathrobe Brad was wearing … The tests were conclusive: there was no gunshot residue on Brad’s black bathrobe just as there wasn’t any on his hands the night Lisa died. ibid.
The death of Lisa Jennings in 2006 was first ruled a suicide. But after a second investigation, her husband Brad was convicted of her murder and sent to prison. After eight years, it was up to a judge to determine if Jennings was wrongfully convicted because a key piece of evidence — which could have helped prove his innocence — was never handed over to defense lawyers. Springfield News online article
JENSON, MARK: True Crime Recaps 2023 -
Julie Jenson wrote a letter before her death, a letter that would set the stage for a shocking and twisted tale of murder, deceit and greed. Her words from beyond the grave put her killer husband behind bars. True Crime Recaps: Murder, Greed & Betrayal: The Chilling Case of Mark & Julie Jenson, Youtube 16.45, 2023
He mentions one website specifically: How to Kill Your Wife Dot Com. ibid.
Mark had threatened her ... She was so afraid of being poisoned. ibid.
JESPERSON, KEITH HUNTER: Crime Stories TV - Mail online - World’s Most Evil Killers TV - Catching Killers TV - The Happy Face Killer: Mind of a Monster TV - True Crime Recaps 2023
January 1990, Portland, Oregon: A young woman [Taunja Bennett] disappeared after playing a game of pool with some men at a local bar. Days later her body was discovered: the victim of a brutal rape and murder. Crime Stories: The Happy Face Killer, 2009
The first in a string of grizzly killings. One of the worst serial crimes in Oregon’s history ... The story of the Happy Faced Killer. ibid.
Sosnovske was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for fifteen years ... The case of the elderly murderer [Pavlinac] and her boyfriend. ibid.
An anonymous letter arrived at the Oregon court-house. ibid.
A few weeks later a second letter arrived at the local newspaper, also signed with a happy face. ibid.
Four other women who the author claimed to have killed. ibid.
Jespersen confessed to authorities that he was the Happy Face Killer. ibid.
Jesperson, who was divorced from Ms Moore’s mother, earned his notoriety by sending confessions describing his heinous crimes to police and journalists and signing them with a smiley face.
He often targeted prostitutes and homeless women, sexually assaulting them before killing them with his bare hands.
Jesperson murdered his first known victim Taunja Bennett, in 1990, after meeting her at a bar near Portland, Oregon and inviting her back to a house he was renting.
He beat her and strangled her to death after they had sex, then went back out to a bar to create an alibi. He later returned to the house to dispose of the body before leaving town. Mail online article 2nd April 2013
In March 1995 the body of 41-year-old Julie Winningham was found just off Highway 14 in Washington in the USA’s Pacific north-west. She’d been strangled to death. Julie had become the eighth victim of an active serial killer named Keith Jesperson. The 39-year-old truck driver had been murdering innocent women across America for the previous five years. World’s Most Evil Killers s5e6: Keith Jesperson – The Happy Face Killer, Pick TV 2021
Jesperson was mild-manned and softly spoken during his confession to detectives. ibid.
‘It’s the process that Jesperson enjoys, it’s that feeling of power, that complete feeling of domination and enjoyment he gets.’ ibid. Dr Elizabeth Jardley
We were hoping to find anything that may relate back ot John [Sosnovske] having known Taunja Bennett. Catching Killers III: True Lies I: The Happy Face Killer, rozzer, Netflix 2021
He [John] told me to take the rope and uh put it around her neck … I had my eyes shut. I knew what he was doing and I didn’t want to observe it. ibid. John’s partner & grandma Laverne Pavlinac’s false confession
1991: As we were getting ready for the trial L was now contending that her confession was basically a fabrication and a lie. ibid. rozzer
Laverne Pavlinac was convicted by a jury of 12 for felony murder. ibid.
1994: Letters started to surface that were written by an individual claiming responsibility for Taunja Bennett’s murder. ibid.
The letter writer claimed five murders but I needed more proof. Catching Killers III: True Lies II: The Happy Face Killer, rozzer
Laverne Pavlinac and John Sosnovske were released in November 1995, after being incarcerated for more than 5 years. ibid.
Keith Jesperson was convicted on multiple counts of murder. He will never be released from prison. ibid.
I’ve had a long life driving these trucks and I’m sick of sitting on the road … It got into a little heated argument and I said no about three times and the fourth no I put my hand around her and strangled her. The Happy Face Killer: Mind of a Monster, Quest Red 2022
I sat down with my conscience and started writing something and I wrote the Happy Face letters. All I did was sign a circle with two little eyes and a crescent smile. ibid.
I am sure they will kill me for this. I am sorry that I turned out this way. I’ve been a killer for five years and I’ve killed eight people. I’ve assaulted more. ibid. letter to brother
In 2010 Jesperson pleads guilty to the 1992 murder of a woman in Blythe, California. He is serving four consecutive life sentences. ibid. captions