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... But verbal battles loud enough to be heard by the neighbors began upon Edmund’s arrival at her duplex in suburban Aptos. She still harangued and blamed him, and Edmund would later claim that she hounded him relentlessly about matters as trivial as whether he should get his teeth cleaned. ... "
Edmund took various positions as a laborer, and finally secured one with the Division of Highways, which enabled him to move out of his mother’s home and into an apartment in Alameda, which he shared with a friend. ... Edmund imagined what he would do to his captive hitchhikers when he finally sorted out all the details and evaluated all the possibilities. ... Edmund picked up girl after girl, treating each as a sort of experiment, waiting for his moment. It took a while, more than a year of picking up girls and letting them go, but on May 7, 1972, Edmund’s moment finally came. ... Edmund had dispatched Mary Ann and Anita soon after picking them up. ... Frustrated, Edmund pulled out his knife and stabbed her repeatedly. ... Mary Ann’s body was buried in the plastic bag he’d used to try to suffocate her, and later Edmund would lead police to this site. ...
No one suspected polite, clean-cut Edmund Kemper of anything untoward, so he continued to prowl. ... Edmund began to suffocate her again, this time continuing until she stopped breathing completely. ... Other victims of other killers were found in the Bay Area and public concern was aroused, but Edmund was under no suspicion for any of the killings. ... Edmund had recently moved back in with his mother, so he brought the body to the duplex in Aptos and into his room there, and when Clarnell left for work the next morning he had sex with Cindy’s corpse. ... Edmund took notice, but still wasn’t really worried. ... On the night of February 5, 1973, Edmund and Clarnell had a monumental row, and Edmund stormed out of the apartment, keyed up and ready to strike. ... They rode for a while, and this time Edmund didn’t even stop the car to do his killing. ...
Mother and Sara
Clarnell never seemed to suspect that Edmund was up to such depravity, and she probably didn’t imagine that she’d become his victim. ... He tried to put her larynx down the garbage disposal, but the machine spat it back out, which Edmund found darkly appropriate and not at all surprising. ... When he was taken into custody, a party of investigators from Santa Cruz headed for Pueblo, where they would question Edmund about the crimes for which he claimed responsibility. As their tape recorder rolled, Edmund talked, giving incredibly explicit and detailed confessions to all eight murders
Punishment
Upon his return to Santa Cruz, Edmund led investigators to the various disposal sites he had used and continued his seemingly endless confession. ... A series of witnesses was brought in to try to establish that Edmund was not responsible for his crimes, but the prosecutor undermined the testimony of each one. ... Joel Fort, did the most damage to Edmund’s insanity defense. He had spent quite a bit of time reviewing Edmund’s case, going all the way back to his diagnoses after the killing of his grandparents and during his time at Atascadero. He had also interviewed Edmund, eliciting previously unknown information about his sexual practices with the bodies, and even cannibalism. Edmund was not a paranoid schizophrenic, Fort said. ... During the three weeks of the trial, no witness, not even Edmund’s sister or his doctors from Atascadero, was able to convince the jury that Edmund was insane. They deliberated for only five hours, and they found Edmund guilty of first-degree murder on all eight counts. ...
Kemper in custody (AP)
Edmund Kemper remains behind bars. ... Edmund, as if to maintain his place in our consciousness, remains eager to speak of his crimes. ...
full name :: edmund emil kemper, III
date of birth :: december 18, 1948
date of death :: na
nickname :: coed killer
murders committed :: 10
Edmund Kempers parents separated when Edmund was nine and then ultimately divorced four years later. His mother moved to Montana, taking Ed and his two sisters, and Edmund was subjected to bitter discipline. ...
Edmund had a near-genius IQ hidden within his lanky body and twisted mind. ... On August 27, 1964, at the age of 15, Edmund picked up the 22-caliber rifle his grandfather had given him and whistled for his dog, telling his grandmother that he was going hunting. Edmund turned around upon exiting the house and watched his grandmother through the screen door as she sat at the kitchen table. ... As he began to unload groceries from the truck Edmund shot him in the back of the head also. ... Upon their arrival Edmund confessed to both murders saying "I just wanted to see what it would be like to shoot grandma.
Approximate Word count = 3997
Approximate Pages = 16
(250 words per page double spaced)
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