Forensic Nursing NUR 420 Major Case Presentation Jennifer

Forensic Nursing NUR 420 Major Case Presentation Jennifer Schiermeyer Concordia University

Ed Kemper (The Co-ed Killer)

HISTORY Ed Kemper was physically and emotionally abused by his alcoholic mother as a child. She would often times lock him in the basement at night all alone. He ran away from home at the age of 14, and then went to live with his paternal grandparents after his father rejected him. His grandmother was also abusive to him. He was 6 foot 9 inches tall and 300 pounds.

VICTIMS & MECHANISMS OF INJURY o August 27, 1964 Paternal Grandmother- He shot her with a. 22 rifle, to see what it felt like. o August 27, 1964 Paternal Grandfather- He shot him with a. 22 rifle, because he thought he would be angry at him for shooting his grandmother. o May 7, 1972 Mary Ann Pesce, 18 years old, manually strangled and stabbed. o May 7, 1972 Anita Luchesa, 18 years old, manually strangled and stabbed. o January 7, 1973 Cindy Schall, 19 years old, shot. o February 5, 1973 Rosalind Thorpe, 24 year old, shot. o February 5, 1973 Allison Liu, 23 year old, shot. o April 19, 1973 Clarnell Strandberg (his mother) bludgeoned with a claw hammer, mutilated and decapitated post mortem. o April 19, 1973 Sally Hallett, 59 years old, fatally strangled.

FORENSIC EVIDENCE o If Kemper shot one of his victims he was sure to remove the bullet so it would minimize the forensic evidence. o Some of the victims he would throw the remains in ravines. o Other victims he used their flesh in macaroni casserole. o The main evidence that they had were the photos. Due to Kemper being a necrophilia he would photograph the body, have sex with it, and then dissect, and decapitate it. He would then have sex with the head and the viscera (abdomen organs like the intestines). o Some of the other women he would burry their heads in his mother’s garden because “she was always wanting people to look up to her”. Crime and Investigation (2015). Edmund Kemper: the co-ed killer. Retrieved from http: //www. crimeandinvestigation. co. uk/crimefiles/edumund-kemper.

BEHAVIORAL PROFILE o His parents divorced when he was 9 and he was unable to put this behind him. o His domineering mother and sisters belittled him and when he was older they banished him to the basement, because his mother was afraid of him raping his sister. o He tortured and killed animals, and he entertained fantasies which combined sex and violence from an early age. o His father gave him a. 22 rifle in which he shot rabbits gophers and even though he was told not too, birds. This is how he contained his aggression. o After killing his grandparents he called the police and confessed to the murders. He was sent to Atascadero State Hospital where a court appointed psychiatrist diagnosed him as paranoid and psychotic.

BEHAVIORAL PROFILE (CONTINUED) o While there he got to know the stories of the serial rapists. He took note of everything they did wrong to get caught, so that he would not make the same mistakes. o He hung out at the Jury Room a bar that was frequented by law enforcement, and become friends with them. They called him “Big Ed”. o Atascadero strongly recommended that he not be returned to his mother. Against their advice, the Youth Authority sent him straight to her. o He bought a car and rigged it so that the passenger door wouldn’t open. He put knives, plastic bags, guns, and blankets in the car. For a year he experimented picking up young women until it was the right moment. After one year of experimenting he killed his first victims Mary Ann Pesce and Anita Luchese. Blanco, J. Murderpedia. Edmund Emil Kemper III. Retrieved from http: //murderedia. org/male/K/k/kemper-edmund. html

COULD A FORENSIC NURSE HAVE BEEN USED? o A forensic nurses could’ve been used. One of the biggest areas would’ve been the forensic nurse keeping impartial. The police were friends with “Big Ed” and so they had a hard time believing when he called them that he could’ve been the one that was the “Co-Ed Killer”. o It wasn’t until the 1990’s that the American public had any knowledge of forensic nursing and their practices (Lynch & Duval, 2011). o “Law enforcement agencies should take advantage of all the potential tools that are available in the every-expanding discipline of forensic science and would be wise to develop operational agendas with forensic nurses, especially those trained as sexual assault nurse examiners and who are part of a sexual assault response team” (Lynch & Duval, 2011). o “The solution of complex and multijurisdictional serial murder and sexual homicide cases requires outside-the-box thinking and multidisciplinary cooperation to bring clinical and criminal investigation together as partners with a common goal” (Lynch & Duval, 2011).

NURSING DIAGNOSIS o Risk for violence directed at others due to constatntly being berated and humiliated by his mother. o Risk for violence related to inappropriate thoughts and actions in dealing with stress and humiliation. o Disabled family coping because of abandonment by parents related to impaired ability to manage stressors constructively secondary to abusive relationship with parents. o Sexual sadism secondary to the infliction of physical and psychological suffering on another person in order to elicit a response from the victim, and it is this response that facilitates the achievement of sexual arousal.

WHERE IS EDMUND KEMPER NOW Edmund Kepmer remains behind bars at this present time. He remains eager to speak about the crimes he committed. He is at the maximum security prison at Folsom for the rest of his life. He takes great pride in his status as the “genius” serial killer who aided in his own capture and conviction.

REFERENCES o o o Blanco, J. Murderpedia. Edmund Emil Kemper III. Retrieved from http: //murderedia. org/male/K/k/kemperedmund. html Crime and Investigation (2015). Edmund Kemper: the co-ed killer. Retrieved from http: //www. crimeandinvestigation. co. uk/crime -files/edumund-kemper. Lynch, V. , & Duval, J. (2011). Forensic Nursing Science. (2 nd ed. ). Saint Louis, Missouri: Elsevier.