Serial killer, 75, who decapitated seven women and one girl after murdering his grandparents appears before California parole board in bid for freedom

One of nan country's astir notorious serial killers has been denied merchandise aft failing to look earlier California's parole board.

Edmund Kemper dubbed nan 'Co-Ed Killer,' murdered his grandparents, six young female assemblage students, arsenic good arsenic his ain mother and her friend successful nan 1970s.

A authorities sheet denied nan 75-year-old's parole petition connected Tuesday aft nan infamous slayer grounded to show up to nan hearing, reported KSBW.  

During nan parole hearing, Santa Cruz District Attorney Jeff Rosell said that Kemper is 1 of nan astir depraved serial killers successful nan state and has gone untreated complete nan past 51 years. 

'He is fundamentally blowing this disconnected because he doesn't care. He doesn't respect it,' Rosell said. 'I would taxable to you that he is much vulnerable now than he was past [his past parole proceeding 7 years ago].'

His relative Patricia Kemper attended nan proceeding to correspond nan victims and begged nan committee to support him down bars.

'The killings tore up our extended family,' Patricia said. 'He loves murder. He loves sidesplitting people. Particularly women.'

Kemper has been denied parole 8 erstwhile times but will beryllium eligible again successful 2013 astatine nan property of 82. 

He murdered his grandparents erstwhile he was 15 years aged successful August 1964. First, he changeable his grandma Maude Kemper successful nan caput astatine her California home. When his grandfather arrived location later, he changeable him arsenic well.

Kemper served 5 years successful nan infirmary for sidesplitting his grandparents past was released to unrecorded pinch his mother, Clarnell Strandberg.

His infamous sidesplitting spree began successful May 1972 erstwhile he picked up 2 Fresno State University students, Mary Ann Pesce and Anita Luchessa, and killed them.

He past brought them location and photographed them naked earlier dismembering them. He performed a activity enactment connected their skulls.

His adjacent unfortunate came 4 months later, erstwhile he murdered 15-year-old Aiko Koo successful September 1972 and past 18-year-old Cindy Schall successful January 1973.

Four weeks later, he murdered Rosalind Thorpe, 23, and Alison Liu, 20, and had activity pinch their corpses earlier mutilating their bodies.

Kemper's spree came to an extremity erstwhile he killed his mother and champion friend, Sally Hallett successful April 1973.  

He murdered his mother, trim disconnected her caput and utilized it arsenic a dart board. Then he lured Hallett astir to nan location wherever he strangled her and went connected nan run.

When he rang constabulary and told them what he had done, they did not initially judge him.

He tried to declare he was insane during his trial, but he was recovered blameworthy successful November 1973 of 8 murders and was jailed for life, but pinch nan anticipation of parole.

The scary movie American Psycho alludes to Kemper erstwhile nan characteristic of Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale, utters nan aforesaid lines arsenic Kemper erstwhile he was interviewed by police: 'When I spot a beautiful woman stepping down nan street, I deliberation 2 things. One portion wants maine to return her out, talk to her, beryllium existent bully and saccharine and dainty her right.'

When asked astir 'what nan different portion thinks?' he replied: 'What her caput would look for illustration connected a stick.'

Kemper is besides nan inspiration down nan movie Silence of nan Lambs, and a cardinal subordinate successful nan Netflix deed show Mindhunter.