She did well at identifying the place where the body had been found, but failed to accurately identify places where personal items belonging to Bennett had been located. It had amounted to nothing, though. Hed lived most of the time in central and eastern Washington. When they took his handcuffs off, Jesperson reached out to shake the prosecutors hand. Jesperson, he saw, had told his attorney everything right from the start. In 1994 newspapers and authorities began receiving anonymous letters from someone who contended he had killed Bennett. At 62, afflicted by heart disease and diabetes, she still remained an enigma to all in the courtroom. The grandma's story was believable enough for a jury to convict. Working as an Army Airborne MP had been fun. Investigators had been trying to nail down a suspect for weeks when Pavlinac brought Sosnovske to their attention. At home, he had carpools to drive, soccer games to coach. I dont want to hear this.. Days later, on February 5, the police received a call from Laverne wherein she claimed to have overheard John boast about killing Taunja. John Sosnovske was 39 years of age and was described as an alcoholic with violent tendencies. It was nice and neat. Glenn Youngkin rules out presidential campaign while in California, 7 bodies found during search for missing Oklahoma teens, US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week, Multiple fatalities on Illinois highway during a blinding windstorm. No way, McIntyre thought. A similar obsession seems to have led crime-novel buff Laverne Pavlinac to implicate herself and her boyfriend in an Oregon murder in 1990. But I was wrong . Pavlinac was tried first. "John That's the worst thing you've ever gotten yourself into," she told him. I raped her and beat her real bad . . Have a nice day from Happy Face.. Virtually everyone observes that at least this mistake got corrected. But shes still credible. Not a great deal is known about Bennett's background, but the 23-year-old was first reported missing on 21st January 1990. It didnt take the others out. McIntyre now felt certain Jesperson was involved in the crime. . His pager flashed Petersons number. They sat down across from each other. He couldnt, though. Witnesses offer conflicting accounts, Mars Voltas lead singer broke with Scientology and reunited with the band. Still, McIntyre couldnt help wonder: Why didnt Sosnovske just say What are you talking about, I wasnt there? First he doesnt know Taunja, then he flunks a polygraph, then he says he does know Taunja. He had heard rumblings out of Clark County, though. No, I want to correct it.. Was he trying to protect Jesperson from the death penalty? Early in the investigation into Bennett's murder, a woman named Laverne Pavlinac came forward to confess, saying she murdered Bennett with and at the direction of her abusive boyfriend, John Sosnovske. She knew because shed helped him dispose of the body. . If the murder happened up at Vista House, that put it back in Multnomah County. Chilling True Story Of Woman Who Falsely Confessed To 'Happy - Tyla Watch the full story on "20/20" THIS FRIDAY at 9 p.m. The evidence against them consisted primarily of Pavlinacs recorded confessions and accusations as well as her success in identifying the place the body was found.