True Crime Friday: Edmund Emil Kemper, the Co-ed Serial Killer
Edmund Emil Kemper III, was born on December 18, 1948. He is a convicted serial killer and is currently serving his term in a prison in the State of California. He murdered ten people mostly women and girls during his reign of terror. This could have been avoided if Kemper had not been released back into society after killing his paternal grandparents at the age of fifteen. He became known as the Co-Ed killer since the majority of his victims were female college students. He decapitated, dismembered and performed necrophila on their corpse. During the seventies it was not uncommon for people to hitchhike, which meant getting into cars with strangers for rides to different locations sometimes even around the country. Needless to say, these were ripe times for serial killers. The Early Childhood of Edmund Kemper Ed Kemper was the only son of Clarnell Elizabeth Kemper and Edmund Emil Kemper Jr. They also had two daughters. Edmund Jr., was a veteran of World War II. Clarnell was the head...