Edmund Kemper III, also referred to as the Co-Ed Killer or the Co-Ed Butcher, is an American serial killer that has ten confirmed victims. His killing spree lasted from 1964 to 1973, killing three of his own family members, six high school and college students, and his last victim was his mother’s best friend. Edmund Kemper weighing in at six feet, nine inches, over 250 pounds was arrested in 1973. On December 18, 1948 in Burbank, California, Clarnell Elizabeth Kemper and Edmund Emil Kemper Jr. gave birth to Edmund Emil Kemper III. Not only was he the middle child, but also the only son to the Kempers.
A group of residents chased his down and held him until the police arrived. He was found guilty of 13 counts of murder, 5 attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He was sentenced to death by gas chamber. After he was convicted some ladies began to form a fan club for him. One of the members of that fan club, Doreen Lioy, wrote him 75 letters, so Ramirez proposed to her and they were wed October 3rd, 1988.
He later stated that his mom “always wanted people to look up to her”. Kemper ended up killing six hitchhikers or college students from May 1972 to February 1973, all receiving the same acts. He was usually on the prowl after arguments with his mom, which might have been his motive to kill her too. In April 1973, while Kemper’s mother was sleeping, he beat her in the head with a pick hammer. Kemper then cut off her head and raped his mother’s body.
The night of consensual sex escalated to the stabbing and killing of Tim McCoy.. He buried Tim McCoy's body in the crawl space under his own personal house. Gacy's second murder was John Butkovitch. Gacy sexually tortured Butkovitch then killed him by using a rope as a tourniquet . John Wayne Gacy would abducted teenage boys and lure employees back to his house, where he would sexually torture and kill them.
In 1986 he killed his mother and stepfather, six months earlier he murdered a shop assistant to "feel what it felt like to kill someone". He appealed four times during his incarceration, and on all four occasions he was ignored when he said that, "He had found God". Because of the intricacies of the trial, it took twelve years for Sean Sellers to be executed via lethal injection. His last words were said to the stepfather's family were the wisest that had left his lips since his sentencing. When Mr &Mrs Bello Fato were found dead by their son Sean the police found evidence of a break in, the door was left ajar and looked like it had been forced open.
Reaction Paper Case Study on Ted Bundy Before being formally executed, the gruesome murder Ted Bundy admitted to raping, soliciting and slaughtering at least 30 innocent women. Ted was born in Vermont to his mother, Louise Cowell in 1946 and soon after relocated to Philadelphia. They resided in Philadelphia for approximately five years before moving to Washington where his mother married a military cook, John Bundy. Ted attended high school and college in Washington; however, during his sophomore year, he transferred to a different college. Ted fell in love and suffered from severe depression when the relationship ended.
Manson visited the house asking for Melcher, but was turned away as Melcher had moved. On August 9, 1969 Manson and his “family” returned to the house and killed Tate, her unborn child and four guest that were visiting Tate at the time. Her husband was on vacation at this time. This murder was one of the most world wide known murders out of all of Mansons murders.
Most serial killers kill each victim similar to all the other victims, Urdiales was different though his first murder he stabbed the victim to death while his last he shot in the head. Urdiales was born on June 4th 1965 to Alfred and Margaret Urdiales both parents have history of mental illness in their family. In the Cassandra Corum trial he claimed he was abused and neglected by his parents and molested by his sister. When he was a teenager he killed the family dog and somehow was able to get the family to believe the dog died from falling. Throughout his school years and especially through high school he was known as a loner.
After being fired for stealing money, Lucas killed Becky, dismembering her body, storing it in a pillowcase and then scattering her remains in a field. He followed Becky’s murder by killing Rich as well and stuffing her body into a drainage pipe, which he later returned to. In 1983, Lucas was arrested for the possession of a firearm. During the arrest, evidence of the two murders was found, resulting in two murder charges being brought against him as well. At the time of his arrest, Lucas also began his confession spree, during which time he confessed to more than 3000 murders.
After getting back, he took one of his guns, shot his father in the back of the head, killing him on the spot. He moved his father’s body into the bathroom and then covered him with a sheet. He waited throughout the day for his mother to come home. When his mother finally pulled into the driveway and began walking into the house, he killed her as well. He shot her five times in the head, and once in the heart.