Why Did California’s Most Notorious Serial Killer Turn Himself In?
In April 1973, Edmund Kemper was at the peak of a terrifying murder spree in Santa Cruz, California. With a towering height of 6’9”, an IQ of 136, and eight brutally executed murders under his belt including young female college students he had evaded detection by law enforcement entirely.
Yet, after committing his most personal and violent crime, he didn't try to hide. Instead, he drove over 500 miles, pulled up to a glass phone booth in Pueblo, Colorado, and called the Santa Cruz police to confess.
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