Keith Jesperson letter/envelope 8/26/2010

This auction is for a letter from Oregon "Happy Face Killer" Keith Hunter Jesperson. Between 1990 and 1995, Keith Jesperson murdered at least eight women in multiple states. Prior to his arrest a woman tried to implicate her husband in one of Jesperson's murders, his first, in an effort to get him out of her life. The police quickly jumped on this, forcing the woman to confess she helped her husband with the murder, going as far to show her where the body was found and telling her to point for the camera. With the frame job pretty locked up, the couple both plead guilty and the case was closed. Score one for Team Justice! This didn't sit well with Keith Jesperson, who began writing letters to the media, signing them with a happy face. A reporter started calling him the Happy Face Killer. Eventually Keith Jesperson would be arrested and charged. The couple would ultimately be released, having spent over four years in custody. Keith Jesperson would receive life sentences in multiple states, serving out his sentence in Oregon.

ITEM DESCRIPTION: The missive is two pages on one sheet, dated 8/26/2010, and is signed, "Keith." In this letter Jesperson has made a list of the people/businesses who contacted him in 2008 stating, "The following names are people who did little or nothing for me." Lots of collectors on this list. The original mailing envelope is postmarked 8/27/2010. The letter and envelope come inside a protective magazine sleeve with an acid free board and have been stored flat. Message me with any questions you might have. Thanks for having a look-see.