Serial killer's daughter in the spotlight

Telling her story on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was not the most subtle of ways Melissa Moore could have reached out to people who, like her, spent years ashamed of circumstances they had no control over. But the national spotlight has attracted so many who have similar stories of heartache and healing to Moore, it's been worth it, she said.

"A lot of people have skeletons in their closet — family members that have done horrific things," she said. "And they're so ashamed of it and feel isolated and alone, just like I did, because of what another family member has done."

Moore's father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, is serving life in prison for murder and has been linked to eight murders nationwide. She was in high school at the time of his 1995 arrest and spent more than a decade afraid of others finding out about her dad and his crimes. She went on the "Dr. Phil" in 2008, and between that and her mid-September appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," her wall of silence was beyond obliterated. The Mormon mother of two said that by speaking out and writing a book, she's becoming the person she wished she could turn to when she was going through her own nightmare.

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