Edmund Kemper: A Brief Biography

Biography: According to Edmund Kemper Biography (2016), he was born in Burbank, California to Edmund Emil and Clarnell Kemper. He moved to Montana after his parents' divorce with his mother. Clarnell was an alcoholic and Kemper blamed her for all his problems. When he was 10 years old, his mother forced him to live in the basement. Kemper had developed the fantasy of killing his mother since childhood. He used to cut the heads off his sisters' dolls and would play morbid games with them. After a while, his mother sent him to live with his grandparents. According to Bonn (2014), in 1964, he shot his grandmother "just to see what it felt like." When his grandfather arrived, he shot him too, so he would not get mad at him for killing his grandmother. He was admitted to Atascadero State Hospital and was released five years later to his mother's care. From May of 1972, to February of 1973, he murdered six hitchhikers to perfect his skills before killing his mother. Since he wanted recognition for his crimes, he started hanging out in a bar where police officers socialized. In 1973, he murdered his mother and her friend. He called and confessed to the police, but they could not believe their friend "Big Eddie," as they called him, could be the Co-ed Killer. After revealing details only known to the Co-ed Killer, they believed him. Kemper was arrested and charged with eight counts of murder. According to Edmund Kemper Biography (2016), he was asked by the judge what he thought his sentence should be; he …show more content…
He was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences in a mental hospital at Vacaville, California.
Final thoughts and justifications: Kemper thought he should receive death by torture (Edmund Kemper Biography,