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Final victim of 'Happy Face' serial killer identified. How the public helped crack the case

Lydia McWhorter was revealed to be the final unidentified victim of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known as the 'Happy Face Killer.'

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CurrentWire ranked this story 51.3 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

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9 of 20
Coverage breadth
4 of 20
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3.5 of 10
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Strongest signal: freshness, 30.3 of 35. How each signal is calculated.

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