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Final Victim of Happy Face Killer Identified | San Jose News
After 32 years, the identity of the final victim of the “Happy Face Killer,” Keith Hunter Jesperson, has been revealed: Lydia Jane Wade McWhorter. Found in 1992 near Blythe, California, her remains were too decomposed for identification until a breakthrough in DNA technology—aided by a public appeal and a tip from a maternal relative who had searched for her for decades—finally confirmed her identity. Her sister, Brenda Burks, provided the crucial DNA sample. Lydia is now the last of eight victims to be named, bringing closure to her family and justice to a case that spanned decades…
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