Serial Killer Edmund Kemper III
Serial Killer Edmund Kemper III
Serial Killer Edmund Kemper III
For this project I have chosen to go with a serial murder by the name of Edmund Emil Kemper III. A serial murder is a murder of separate victims with some time breaks between them (Lyman, 2011, p. 307). The main characteristics of a serial murder can vary because each individual murder had their own “calling card” so to speak. For example my serial killer became known as the Co-Ed killer because he chose to kill young college girls during his killing spree. Also, another one of his characteristics would be to dismember the victim’s bodies and bury them in different places.
Edmund E. Kemper III was born on December 13, 1948 in Burbank, CA. He lived a dysfunctional life due to his parents divorcing and remarrying when he was ten years old. After his parents divorced, his mother took Edmund along with his sisters where they would live by her very high standards and abusive ways. His mother criticized Edmund mentally by having him sleep in the basement because she feared he would harm his sisters. Because of this he hated his mother and he also started to have hatred toward all women. Occasionally Edmund would break off the heads and hands of his sister’s dolls and play a game he called “The gas chamber” in which he would execute the victim (Fisher, 2003). Edmund began his killings with his grandmother because he felt that she treated him as his mother did. So he took a .22 caliber rifle and shot her in the back of the head and stabbed her multiple times. Furthermore, when his grandfather came home he also shot him. This would be Edmund’s first time killing anyone.
After he killed his grandparents, Edmund was sentenced to a juvenile maximum-security hospital where he would spend the remainder of his childhood. Edmund would be released to his mother at the age of 21 regardless of his doctor’s wishes (Ramsland, 2006). Once Edmund returned home he applied for some jobs to include
Serial Killer Edmund Kemper III
For this project I have chosen to go with a serial murder by the name of Edmund Emil Kemper III. A serial murder is a murder of separate victims with some time breaks between them (Lyman, 2011, p. 307). The main characteristics of a serial murder can vary because each individual murder had their own “calling card” so to speak. For example my serial killer became known as the Co-Ed killer because he chose to kill young college girls during his killing spree. Also, another one of his characteristics would be to dismember the victim’s bodies and bury them in different places.
Edmund E. Kemper III was born on December 13, 1948 in Burbank, CA. He lived a dysfunctional life due to his parents divorcing and remarrying when he was ten years old. After his parents divorced, his mother took Edmund along with his sisters where they would live by her very high standards and abusive ways. His mother criticized Edmund mentally by having him sleep in the basement because she feared he would harm his sisters. Because of this he hated his mother and he also started to have hatred toward all women. Occasionally Edmund would break off the heads and hands of his sister’s dolls and play a game he called “The gas chamber” in which he would execute the victim (Fisher, 2003). Edmund began his killings with his grandmother because he felt that she treated him as his mother did. So he took a .22 caliber rifle and shot her in the back of the head and stabbed her multiple times. Furthermore, when his grandfather came home he also shot him. This would be Edmund’s first time killing anyone.
After he killed his grandparents, Edmund was sentenced to a juvenile maximum-security hospital where he would spend the remainder of his childhood. Edmund would be released to his mother at the age of 21 regardless of his doctor’s wishes (Ramsland, 2006). Once Edmund returned home he applied for some jobs to include