Happy Face

The story of Melissa Reed, daughter of Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. In the process, she must face a reckoning of her own identity.

• manipulation
• identity crisis
• talk show
• interview
• serial killer
• rape and murder
• based on memoir or autobiography
• true crime
• teenage daughter
• autobiographical
• shame
• based on podcast
• murder confession
• father and daughter
• death row inmate
• child of a serial killer