Summary of The Cruel Co-Ed Killer: Edmund Kemper | True Crime Documentary | Real Crime

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Edmund Kemper was a serial killer who confessed to killing 10 women in the early 1970s. In the video, he tells the story of how he developed a violent fantasy life involving harming animals and eventually murdering women. Kemper was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was sent to a mental hospital, where he became a trusted assistant to the staff. His fantasies of using people as objects led to the development of sexual fantasies involving violence, which he later realized would have to be carried out silently to avoid disturbing his victims' families.

• 00:00:00 In the early 1970s, Santa Cruz, California, was a seaside town with a free and easy lifestyle. However, in 1972, things started to go wrong. Young women were being raped, murdered and mutilated, and the police were unable to catch the killer. Eventually, they realized that the killer was a young man who had recently moved to town - Edmund Kemper. He had a great personality and was lovable, but he was also a terrible product of his environment. He had a mother who locked him in the basement at night and his sisters may have been sexually assaulted. Kemper just erupted and began committing these crimes.
• 00:05:00 In 1973, Edmund Kemper killed six people, all co-eds, in a series of indiscriminate murders. Despite his large size and gun ownership, Kemper was never considered a suspect in the case. The investigation was led by a junior detective and ended with the gun owner handing the weapon over to police. Two weeks later, Kemper was apprehended at a Pueblo, Colorado gun show with the weapon he had tried to steal.
• 00:10:00 In the early 1970s, Edmund Kemper, a 24-year-old Californian, confessed to killing 10 women, most of whom he had taken into custody by breaking into their homes through unlocked windows. In the video, he tells the story of how he developed a violent fantasy life involving harming animals and eventually murdering women.
• 00:15:00 Edmund Kemper was a 15-year-old boy who killed two people and injured several others in a series of brutal crimes. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was sent to a mental hospital, where he became a trusted assistant to the staff. Kemper's fantasies of using people as objects led to the development of sexual fantasies involving violence, which he later realized would have to be carried out silently to avoid disturbing his victims' families.
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• 00:25:00 Edmund Kemper, a man who killed three women while they were hitchhiking, drove them to a remote spot, told detectives he had forced an eater to climb into the trunk, stabbed Marianne until she was dead, and then opened the trunk and killed Anita. Kemper then took the dead girls to an apartment, dismembered them, and dumped their remains in the mountains. Kemper was a likable guy while he was with friends, and was able to think about his crimes and evade detection.
• 00:30:00 Edmund Kemper killed six women in California between 1973 and 1973. He killed his grandparents, Rosalind Thorpe, 23, Alison Lou, 21, and Cindy Shawl, 18, before kidnapping and murdering six more women. Kemper was caught after he attempted to steal a gun from a police officer. He panicked and revealed his crimes to the detectives.
• 00:35:00 The video features a documentary about Edmund Kemper, who killed six women between 1973 and 1975. Kemper's mother, best friend, and four of the women's classmates were killed, and he left notes saying he was sorry for the mess but had no time to clean up. Kemper was tried and convicted of multiple murder, and his taped confessions were played in court. The prosecutor described Kemper as an angry and violent man, and the victim's families looked on in horror. Kemper was sentenced to death.
• 00:40:00 The video discusses Edmund Kemper, a serial killer who was found guilty of eight counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. It discusses the victims, their families, and Kemper's motives. It also discusses Kemper's psychiatric history and how it may have contributed to his crimes.