American serial killer Ed Kemper’s life and crimes will be examined in the A&E series First Blood
The infamous serial killer Ed Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer, is the subject of the upcoming episode of A&E’s new true crime program First Blood. During the early 1970s, Kemper allegedly killed a number of female college students in and around California. He also murdered her buddy and his mother. According to Rotten Tomatoes, a brief summary of the episode titled Ed Kemper: The Co-ed killer says as follows:
The killer’s fearsome reputation stems from his early 1970s pick-up and dismemberment of hitchhiking college students in the coastal town of Santa Cruz.
Before Saturday’s First Blood episode, read on to get more information about Ed Kemper’s life and crimes.
First Blood on A&E: Ed Kemper’s early life, crimes, and other information
Edmund Emil Kemper Jr. and Clarnell Elizabeth Kemper welcomed Ed Kemper into the world in Burbank, California. The two sisters of Kemper. He was allegedly close to his father, and growing up with divorced parents had a significant impact on him. He moved in with his mother after their divorce, with whom he struggled to get along. Clarnell, who was also an alcoholic, is accused of abusing him while he was a child.
Kemper killed his paternal grandparents at the age of 15 while they were visiting him at their North Fork, California, home. After a heated disagreement between him and his grandmother, he initially killed her with a weapon his grandfather had given him for hunting. He shot his grandfather, who was coming home from a neighboring grocery store, after killing her.
After being detained, Kemper was admitted to Atascadero State Hospital. According to court psychiatrists, he had paranoid schizophrenia.
Kemper resided with his mother in Aptos, California, after being released on parole in late 1969. He worked a number of odd jobs during this time and experienced financial difficulties. He continued to have a strained connection with his mother, and the two reportedly frequently engaged in heated confrontations.
Kemper killed many hitchhikers, primarily college girls, in California in the early 1970s. He allegedly drove them to remote locations where he shot, strangled, or stabbed them to death. Additionally, he would have sex with their corpses.
How did Ed Kemper kill his mother?
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Kemper killed his mother at her home in the beginning of 1973. Before slicing her throat with a penknife while she slept, he struck her with a claw hammer. Later, he concealed her corpse in a cupboard.
Then, after bringing Sally Hallett over for supper, he killed her and concealed her body in a closet. Sally Hallett was his mother’s best friend. Then, after traveling to Colorado, he called the police from a nearby phone booth and admitted to killing the six college girls as well as his mother and her best friend.
He confessed to one of the police that he began to feel that his murders were “a complete waste of time” and that he wasn’t able to emotionally tolerate them any longer. Kemper was given a life term in jail after being convicted guilty of first-degree murder in November 1973. He is said to have asked for the death punishment during the trial.
On Saturday, July 30, 2022, you can watch First Blood – Ed Kemper: The Co-ed Killer on A&E.