January 21, 1990 23 year old Taujna Bennet was reported missing in Portland, OR.
One day later her body was found beside the Old Columbia River highway by Columbia River Gorge. She had been brutally beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled to death.
It wasn't long before a 58-year old woman Laverne Pavlinac came forward to tell police her boyfriend John Sosnovske was bragging about killing Taunja in a local bar.
After speaking to the police several times and changing her story, Lauverne implicated herself as being the one who helped John strangle Taujna and both were tried and and sentenced for her murder.
Graffiti in men's restrooms started showing up with someone else claiming to have murdered Taujna...
Had Laverne & John really not committed the murder?
Listen now to the Happy Face Killer.
Sources
Thecinemaholic.com
tyla.com
abcnews.com
people.com
wikipedia.com
allthingsinteresting.com+
ABC 20/20 Episode
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