The Happy Face Killer pt.1
Content note: This episode discusses murder and sexual violence.
When a woman's body was found in the Columbia River Gorge, followed by an anonymous phone call leading to a suspect, and then finally a confession, police assumed this would be an open shut case. This was completely derailed when literal writing on the wall said the two people they were working to convict were innocent, and the killer still roamed free. When the author was ignored, he proceeded to send letters to the press, a large happy face at the top. The contents of the letters had everyone, including investigators…
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