Edmund Kemper

Evolution of an American Serial Killer Cruelty towards animals, arson, and enuresis. These three factors contribute to what is known as the MacDonald Triad. A method that was used to determine a serial killer in the making (Beck). Though this theory had been disproved, others have taken its place and evolved alongside the serial killer themselves. The first documented American serial killer dates back to the eighteen hundreds, or more specifically eighteen ninety-three, in Chicago, Illinois.…

someone with an abnormal mind. He said that “ two beings inhabited his body and that is when the killer personality took over, it kind of like blacking out.” On November eighth,1973 a six man- six women jury convened for five hours before declaring Edmund Kemper sane and guilty on all counts. He asked for the death penalty, requesting death by torture , but instead he received seven years to life in prison for each count with these terms to be served simultaneously. He was sentenced to the…

There are those who think that people who do some type of heinous act are one of the same; driven by the same reason and carry out the action in similar ways. There are those who think that each criminal has a different reasoning for why they do what they do, whether it be a justified reason or not. On the subject of serial killers, people’s thought processes are the same; they are either evenly matched, compelled by the same motive, or they are completely different people, moved by different…