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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 Caf� 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 d ...Read More

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Victim Details

Cynthia Rose

Female

White / Caucasian

Turlock

CA

1992-08-27

32

Cynthia

Rose

05/15/2026