In city after city, the two detectives claim they found a smiley face painted somewhere at the crime scene, what they believe to be a sick signature claiming responsibility. And it looks to be the ...

Edy Reyes, 24, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder Friday in Christopher Piedrasanta-Perez's May 30 death.

Inside the Happy Face Killer's Life Decades After His 5-Year Murder Spree Keith Hunter Jesperson murdered eight women and confessed his crimes in letters signed with a smiley face ...

"Happy Face Killer" Keith Jesperson believes Kohberger's awkwardness and high-profile murder case make him vulnerable, and he's recommending a transfer to Oregon.

He wrote letters to the Oregonian newspaper confessing to multiple murders — also signed with a smiley face. It became his signature and he became known as the Happy Face Killer. “I am who I am.

I was cared for as a child,” Moore tells TODAY.com. Moore’s dad is Keith Hunter Jesperson, the serial killer nicknamed the Happy Face Killer.

“Happy Face,” which began airing Thursday, is inspired by the true story of Melissa Moore, whose father was a prolific serial killer infamous for drawing smiley faces on letters to the media ...