My evil dad

Keith Jesperson is notorious in the US as the Happy Face Killer, who raped and murdered eight women in the 1990s. Here his daughter, Melissa Moore, describes how she learned the truth as a teenager - and eventually found a way to live with it.

Let me tell you about the last time I saw my dad before he was sent to prison. I was 15 years old when he showed up randomly at our home in Spokane, Washington State. He and my mother were divorced, and we just saw him occasionally, when he fitted us in with his job as a long-distance truck-driver.

On this particular day, in autumn 1994, he asked me and my younger brother and sister if we wanted to go out for breakfast with him. We all hopped into his big truck, which had a sleeper cab attached to it. My sister and I sat in the sleeper cab on top of the mattress and my brother sat in the passenger seat.

After we set off, my brother opened the glove compartment and found a pack of cigarettes. He was really shocked because smoking was a big no-no for my dad - that had always been something he wanted to instil in us. And he said, "Oh those are for my friends, for women that I pick up." My brother pulled a face like he didn't really believe him, as if to say: "Dad, are you hiding something from us? Maybe you're a closet smoker."

All i can say is, we dont choose our parents.

Wow

I chose my parents.

Interesting article.

Must've been really hard for her having to live with a psychotic father.

Makes me think if evil or goodness is innate in each individual human being once she/he is born into this world.

When I was younger my dad refused to buy me Devil May Cry and I was really close to disowning him in response.

How would he ever have lived without your love and financial support though?

"My father is 6ft 6in (198cm) and a big, burly man. He hovered over us, and said, in a playful sort of way, "What have you got there?" He grabbed the cat, but to my relief he started to pet it. Then he began to pin the cat down with one hand and twist the animal's head with the other. The animal was frantically scratching his arms, and we were screaming, but my father had that same strange look on his face - of enjoyment."

Bardock42 is 6'6" and big and burly. Coincidence? I think not!

OP is a little snotty btich.

Originally posted by Robtard
"My father is 6ft 6in (198cm) and a big, burly man. He hovered over us, and said, in a playful sort of way, "What have you got there?" He grabbed the cat, but to my relief he started to pet it. Then he began to pin the cat down with one hand and twist the animal's head with the other. The animal was frantically scratching his arms, and we were screaming, but my father had that same strange look on his face - of enjoyment."

Bardock42 is 6'6" and big and burly. Coincidence? I think not!

Not a man though, got you there!

Originally posted by Astner
When I was younger my dad refused to buy me Devil May Cry and I was really close to disowning him in response.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Interesting article.

Must've been really hard for her having to live with a psychotic father.

Makes me think if evil or goodness is innate in each individual human being once she/he is born into this world.