‘Got some White Power jumping off around here.’ ibid. Kell’s recorded comments after murder
‘I would classify myself as a separatist.’ ibid. Kell
The SWAT team intervened over five minutes after the attack began. ibid.
KELLY, DAVID murder: viz Assassinations: KELLY, DAVID
KELSALL, DANIEL JACK: Crimes that Shook Australia TV -
On the night of 8th September 2013 that calm was shattered: ’Morgan had 28 separate stab wounds’ … The murder of Morgan Huxley was a crime that shook Australia. Crimes that Shook Australia s3e6: Morgan Huxley, CI 2018
Detectives … were becoming increasingly interested in the movements of Daniel Kelsall, a young kitchen worker spotted on CCTV in the vicinity of the victim on the night of the murder. ibid.
Daniel Kelsall was sentenced to a minimum of thirty years in prison. ibid.
KEMPER, EDMUND: Born to Kill? The Co-Ed Killer TV - Chief rozzer - World’s Most Evil Killers TV - Kemper on Kemper: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer TV - True Crime Recaps 2021/2 -
In the early 1970s the idyllic capital of the Californian seaside town of Santa Cruz would be plunged into panic. Innocent young women were being raped, murdered and dismembered. Born to Kill? The Co-Ed Killer s3e2: Edmund Kemper, Channel 5 2012
Mary Anne Pesce an 18-year-old talented co-ed and skier disappeared … And it went on … Alice Liu disappears for ever … ibid.
Big Ed: the 25-year-old 6-foot-9-inch, 280-pound Edmund Kemper was a regular feature. ibid.
He said he had killed his mother and a friend of hers. ibid. rozzer
An extraordinary and sickening tale. ibid.
April 1973: unexpectedly confessed that he was the infamous Co-Ed butcher, and that he now had a tally of ten murder victims. ibid.
Had difficulties with his mother. ibid.
He would explain his murders in chilling detail. ibid.
He would have oral sex with the decapitated head. chief rozzer cited ibid.
On August 27th 1964 in North Fork, California, 15-year-old Edmund Kemper shot and killed his grandmother Maude. Then when he returned home the boy also shot and murdered his grandfather Edmund senior. Kemper junior then called his mother to tell her what he’d done. Released after just five years in a facility for the criminally insane Kemper went on a killing spree that targeted young female co-eds. In all the vicious serial killer would slaughter ten people including his mother. He would typically dismember and sexually desecrate the bodies. World’s Most Evil Killers s2e1: Edmund Kemper, Pick TV 2018
‘He grew to 6-foot-9, 21 stone-300 pounds; he was in a way almost a Frankenstein figure.’ ibid.
‘Just a week ago today four more bodies were discovered: in a connected series of murders that now numbers at least ten …’ Kemper on Kemper: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer, contemporary news report, NBC 2018
In 1973 one of America’s most twisted serial killers is apprehended … ‘Later that night I cut both their heads off.’ ibid. caption & Kemper
‘We’re [abusive mother] still fighting. She’s still belittling me like a puppet on a string.’ ibid. Kemper
Special Agent John Douglas’s interviews with Kemper revolutionize criminal psychology. To this day, these conversations inform the way police track and capture serial killers. ibid. captions
‘He’s got total recall to everything he has ever done.’ ibid. expert
He also confesses to being the Co-Ed Killer. ibid. caption
Interviewer: Why did you wind up giving yourself up?
Kemper: It had to stop. ibid.
‘He had sex with both the heads and with decapitated bodies.’ ibid. psychology counsellor, re two dead hitchhikers
With each kill he becomes quicker and more efficient. ibid. caption
If you didn’t know he was responsible for ten murders you’d probably like him. At a towering six foot nine inches most people thought of Ed as a gentle giant. True Crime Recaps: Was Ed Kemper Born to Kill? Youtube 38.41, 2021
In the early 1970s he murdered six girls hitchhiking around Santa Cruz, California. ibid.
At 15 he murdered his grandparents. ibid.
He picked up the phone and turned himself in. ibid.
Known as Big Ed the Co-Ed Killer. ibid.
‘He didn’t know whether he wanted to date girls or see their heads on sticks.’ ibid.
A constant war of good and evil raging inside him. ibid.
Ed Kemper: In the mid-60s he killed his grandparents then he killed his mother and told her what he’d done … He just wanted to know what it would feel like … He started targeting female hitchhikers: he murdered six … True Crime Recaps: 10 Most Terrifying Serial Killer Stories, Youtube 15.20, 2022
KEMPSON, JESSE SHANE: Faking It: Tears of a Crime: The Murder of Grace Millane TV - The Disappearance of Grace MIllane TV - The Murder of Grace Millane: Social Media Murder
Grace Millane, a much loved daughter who vanished on the other side of the world. Faking It Special: The Murder of Grace Millane, Discovery 2021
Caught on CCTV: the last hours of a Tinder date; the innocent young woman who knew nothing about his violent past. ibid.
Jesse Shane Kempson: From the start there were signs of deception … The officer was on to him … His was the last comment on her Facebook page, and he looked like the man seen with Grace on CCTV that night … This is someone who wants to appear cooperative but we’re seeing indications that he’s struggling. ibid.
The photos revealed a very different picture of Kempson’s apartment: multiple blood splatters on the carpet. ibid.
5th December 2018: 21-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane is reported missing. The Disappearance of Grace Millane, BBC 2023
Grace sets off to travel the world by herself.
Grace matches with someone via the dating app Tinder. ibid.
Grace Millane has not responded to messages on her 22nd birthday. Her family contact the Auckland police to report her missing. ibid.
They discover CCTV of Grace leaving her hostel on the night before her birthday. ibid.
‘She looked very comfortable stood next to him. There really was no red flag.’ ibid. friend’s viewing of CCTV
‘I woke up the next day and I saw that she was lying on the floor. That she had blood coming from her nose … ’ ibid. Kempson
‘This is not someone who’s panicked. He’s cold, calculated, self-serving and he’s trying to cover up what he’s done.’ ibid. rozzer
‘I can remember putting Grace in the suitcase.’ iibid. Jempson to rozzer
Vigils for Grace are held across New Zealand. ibid. caption
‘I want to apologise to Grace’s family. Your daughter should have been safe here. And he wasn’t. And I’m sorry for that.’ ibid. New Zealand prime minister
Using CCTV, investigators build a picture of Grace’s last hours. ibid. caption
‘She did say that she wanted to travel. She was saying she was doing it by herself. I thought that was very cool.’ The Murder of Grace Millane: Social Media Murder, social media friend, ITV 2023
1st December 2018: The night before her 22nd birthday Grace arranges a Tinder date … The following morning Grace doesn’t return to her hostel. ibid. captions
… I remember putting Grace in the suitcase. I was just in shock the whole time … ibid. Kempson to rozzers
KENNEDY, MICHAEL: see CARRUTH, RAE
KENNEDY, JOHN F murder: viz KENNEDY, JOHN F
KENNEDY, ROBERT murder: viz KENNEDY, ROBERT
KENNEDY, WILLIAM: see BROWNE, FREDERICK
KERCHER, MEREDITH murder [viz Miscarriages of Justice: Knox & Sollecito] Who Killed Meredith Kercher? TV - Andrea Vogt - ABC online - The Trials of Amanda Knox TV - Killer Trials TV - Amanda Knox: The Untold Story TV - David Wilson TV - Amanda Knox - Guardian online - Is Amanda Knox Guilty? TV - Amanda Knox: Crimes of the Century TV - Amanda Knox 2016 - The Murder of Meredith Kercher TV - Cutting Edge: Sex, Lies & the Murder of Meredith Kercher TV -
On the night of November 1st 2007 a British student – Meredith Kercher – was killed in her bedroom in the Italian city of Perugia. Within days the investigation took a chilling turn. The finger of suspicion was pointed at Meredith’s flatmate – an American student – Amanda Knox. Two years later Amanda Know would be convicted of Meredith’s murder, along with her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and a second man, Herman Rudy Guede... Is Amanda Knox a killer? Who Killed Meredith Kercher? Discovery Channel 2010
At 12:30 the postal police who had done the phone-trace arrived at the flats to return the phones to their owners. They noticed a young woman and man already there. ibid.
She had died from multiple stab wounds. There was evidence of profuse bleeding. Already at the flat was Meredith’s flatmate, Amanda Knox, and her Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. From the outset police carefully observed their behaviour. ibid.
There was a trail of blood leading from Meredith’s upper floor flat to the flat below. This was also lived in by students. Among them Meredith’s boyfriend ... Police video showed many more bloodstains inside. ibid.
In all there were thirty-seven wounds. Knife stabbings, cuts and bruises. ibid.
1Over the three days in Meredith’s flat four hundred items of evidence were collected. ibid.
No video or audio recordings were ever released. But, though she would later dispute the police version, she had placed herself at the scene of the crime. Next, she would put an accusation against Patrick Lumumba in writing. But Amanda Knox was beginning to spin a web of invention that would lead to her downfall. ibid