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276: The Happy Face Killer - January 23 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com People will go to great lengths to end a relationship. Especially one where they don’t feel safe. On January 23rd 1990 a woman named Taunja (Tanya) Bennett was killed near Portland, Oregon. Police had no leads and no suspects. That was until a woman showed up with a shocking story that was, as they would learn years later, a little too convenient. Taunja Bennett is Killed (1990) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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more records free until the 9th of March. Terms apply. There were two more murders, 15 miles away,

1:02.8

and we survived by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird relationship. Morning. Cuff of murder.

1:16.5

People will go to great lengths to end a relationship, especially one where they don't feel safe.

1:17.7

On January 23, 1990, a woman named Tanya Bennett was killed near Portland, Oregon.

1:24.5

Police had no leads and no suspects.

1:30.1

That was, until a woman showed up with a shocking story that was, as they would learn years later, a little too convenient. So if you like your coffee

1:37.4

hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:45.7

On January 23 23, 1990, a Portland woman named Tanya Bennett made a choice that many choose

1:52.5

every day. She decided to go home with a guy she met at the bar. Except when she refused to

1:59.4

have sex with her new acquaintance, he began to beat her.

2:03.4

Then the stranger, worried she would call police, quote, put his fist in her mouth and killed the 23-year-old girl.

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