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Cynthia Rose

Case from Turlock, CA dated Aug 27, 1992

Victim Details

Cynthia Rose

Female

White / Caucasian

Turlock

CA

1992-08-27

32

Cynthia

Rose

07/04/2026

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On August 27, 1992, the body of Cynthia Lyn Rose, a 32-year-old white woman, was discovered behind the Blueberry Hill Café in Turlock, California. Initially, her death was misclassified as a drug overdose. However, serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known as the "Happy Face Killer," later confessed to her murder. Jesperson claimed that Cynthia, whom he described as a sex worker, entered his truck without permission while he was sleeping at a truck stop. Feeling violated, he strangled her to ...
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