Melissa Moore, daughter of notorious “Happy Face Killer” Keith Jesperson, just revealed a jaw-dropping secret about her father’s twisted past — and it’s straight out of a horror movie. In an exclusive interview ahead of her explosive new documentary Monster in My Family, Melissa shared the spine-tingling moment her serial killer dad nearly confessed to his crimes with three cryptic words: “I have something…”
“He texted me out of nowhere,” Melissa recalled, her voice trembling. “It was just, ‘I have something I need to tell you.’ My blood went cold. I knew this was it — he was finally going to admit everything.” But like a twisted game of cat-and-mouse, Jesperson, who murdered at least eight women in the 1990s and taunted cops with grinning “happy face” notes, suddenly went silent. “He ghosted me,” she said. “For weeks. It was torture.”
The upcoming documentary, streaming October 13 on Peacock, dives into Melissa’s nightmarish journey of learning her “loving dad” was a monster. But this bombshell text moment — never before shared publicly — steals the spotlight. “He wanted control, even over his confession,” Melissa explained. “He’d drop hints, then pull back. It was his way of keeping power.”
Fans of true crime podcasts know Melissa’s story from her hit show Surviving a Serial Killer, where she details confronting Jesperson in prison. But the documentary’s raw footage — including jailhouse calls where Jesperson chillingly laughs about his crimes — takes the terror to new heights. “Hearing his voice… it’s like he’s still playing mind games,” she admitted.
Why reveal this now? “Survivors deserve answers,” Melissa said. “And if sharing my pain helps one person heal, it’s worth it.” But with Jesperson still alive, serving life in Oregon, does she think he’ll ever confess? Melissa paused. “Some secrets,” she whispered, “go to the grave.”
Could this cryptic text be the closest Jesperson ever gets to admitting guilt? Watch the trailer now — and brace yourself for the truth.