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Born in United States · Nationality American — Crime / mafias / terrorism / criminal cases
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “2024: parole again denied for seven years” and “1973: murder of Cindy Schall”.
Profile No. 2538 · Updated on 12 October 2026
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Case · 8 documented stages
9 July 2024
The California Board of Parole Hearings again denied Kemper parole and set a seven-year interval before the next such hearing.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
January 1973
Kemper killed Cindy Schall, concealed and then dismembered her body; remains were subsequently found along the coast.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
5 February 1973
Kemper used, among other things, a university-related parking sticker to approach students Rosalind Thorpe and Alice Liu, whom he subsequently killed.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
April 1973
Kemper killed his mother at her home in Aptos and then mutilated her body. He later described this murder as central to his criminal history.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
April 1973
After killing his mother, Kemper invited Sally Hallett to the home and strangled her, committing his last known homicide.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
October–8 November 1973
Kemper pleaded insanity, but the jury concluded that he was legally responsible and found him guilty of eight first-degree murders.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
November 1973
As the death penalty was then unavailable in California, Kemper received eight life sentences.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
14 September 1972
Kemper abducted and killed Aiko Koo, aged 15, after picking her up while hitchhiking.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
23–24 April 1973
Following the murders of his mother and Sally Hallett, Kemper drove to Colorado and called Santa Cruz police to confess the crimes before surrendering.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
May 1972
Protagonist not prosecuted — these proceedings are not counted in their formal charges or convictions.
Kemper picked up hitchhikers Mary Ann Pesce and Anita Luchessa, killed them and dismembered their bodies. These crimes were subsequently included in his confessions and eight murder convictions.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
Case · 3 documented stages
1964–1969
Following his grandparents' murders, Kemper underwent psychiatric assessment, including a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, and was sent to Atascadero State Hospital.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
18 December 1969
Kemper was released at 21 and returned to live with his mother, although staff members had expressed reservations about the arrangement given their troubled relationship.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
27 August 1964
At 15, Kemper shot his grandmother and then his grandfather at their California property. He subsequently telephoned his mother and then police.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
années 1950–1964
Biographies describe Kemper as having murder fantasies, engaging in macabre games and killing animals before his first homicides.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
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