. >> reporter: the woman he met in a portland area bar was a 23-year-old named taunja bennett, described by family as overtly friendly and developmentally slow. >> i took her home. i thought i was going to get lucky. >> reporter: after a night of heavy drinking, the two left the bar and headed back to jesperson's suburban red brick home where he lured her and attempted to have sex. >> comments were made and different things, and, and, uh, an altercation happened, and i struck her. i actually had hit her in the face, and, for some reason, i just kept on hitting her in the face and because of that, i feared going to prison for slugging her in the face and causing bodily injury, and so i killed her. >> reporter: you meant to kill her. >> oh, yes i did. i meant to kill her, to cover up the assault. >> reporter: you say it very matter-of-factly. with no remorse or hint of remorse. >> matter of fact because that's what it is. >> reporter: after strangling bennett with his bare hands, jesperson left her lifeless body behind and returned to the bar to coldly continue drinking and establish an al