Edmund Kemper
Ed Kemper | |
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Mug shot taken on April 28, 1973 | |
| Born | Edmund Emil Kemper III December 18, 1948 Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Co-ed Killer Co-ed Butcher Ogre of Aptos The Mad Titan Big Ed |
| Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Motive | |
| Conviction | First-degree murder (8 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole |
| Details | |
| Victims | 10 |
Span of crimes | August 27, 1964 – April 21, 1973 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
Date apprehended | August 27, 1964 (first arrest) April 24, 1973 (second arrest) |
| Imprisoned at | California Medical Facility |
Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer convicted of murdering seven women, including his own mother, and one girl between May 1972 and April 1973. Years earlier, at the age of 15, Kemper had murdered his paternal grandparents. Kemper was nicknamed the "Co-ed Killer", as most of his non-familial victims were female college students hitchhiking in the vicinity of Santa Cruz County, California. Most of his murders included necrophilia, decapitation, dismemberment and possibly cannibalism.
Found sane and guilty at his trial in 1973, Kemper requested the death penalty for his crimes. Capital punishment was suspended in California at the time, and he instead received eight concurrent life sentences. Since then, he has been incarcerated at California Medical Facility in Vacaville.