This post deals with murder and sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers.
Melissa Moore had a happy childhood.
She lived in a house in the countryside in Washington State with her two siblings, a stay-at-home mum and a dad who drove trucks. She felt loved, provided for and adored.
When Keith Hunter Jesperson would pull into the driveway, all three kids would run to greet him. He was always bringing them back change and tokens from his work trips, and it became a much loved routine seeing what bits and bobs he had in his pockets.
In 1990, when Melissa was 11, her parents split up. She and her siblings would still see their father on occasion, and when he'd visit he'd often stay at their home and do things like fill the pantry with groceries for his ex-wife.