Ed Kemper

Ed Kemper is an American serial killer born Edmund Emil Kemper III on December 18, 1948.

Ed Kemper is an American serial killer born Edmund Emil Kemper III on December 18, 1948. He is known as the "Co-ed Killer" and was convicted of eight counts of first-degree murder for killings that included his grandparents, six young women, his mother and her friend in California during the 1960s and 1970s. Standing 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), Kemper remains incarcerated at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.

Early life

Edmund Emil Kemper III was born in Burbank, California, in 1948. He experienced a troubled childhood marked by conflict with his mother and a difficult family environment, which later became part of public discussion of his case.

Murders and conviction

Kemper murdered his paternal grandparents in 1964 at the age of 15 and was later released on parole. Between 1972 and 1973, he killed six young women in Santa Cruz County and surrounding areas. In April 1973, he killed his mother and her friend before surrendering to police. He was convicted in 1973 of eight murders and sentenced to eight concurrent life sentences.

Incarceration

Kemper has remained in prison for decades and has been denied parole multiple times. Recent reporting places him at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California.

Public attention and interviews

Kemper has given interviews from prison and has become a frequent subject of true-crime coverage, documentaries, and interviews with law enforcement and psychologists. His statements have contributed to his notoriety beyond the crimes themselves.