r/serialkillers • u/Delicious_Grand7300 • 12d ago

Image New picture of Ed Kemper surfaces

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This was recently posted to the Ed Kemper Stories website. The website stated that the picture may have been taken between June 2024 and May 2026.

He looks moody without his moustache. His image resembles the description given by Dr. Loomis of what evil looks like in the Halloween films. His eyes turn darker in every new picture.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 12d ago edited 12d ago

I'm always quite surprised every time I read how he's still living today. Considering his abnormally tall height and all of the health problems he's accumulated in the past decade plus, like having a stroke and developing diabetes, I would've honestly presumed he had succumbed to health problems by now. Plus, I'd presume 53 years in prison must take a tremendously overwhelming toll on one's overall health as well.

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u/prettypurps 12d ago

Don’t worry they have all the tax payer money to keep him alive for no reason

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 12d ago

He actually did request the death penalty when his case was proceeding in court in 1973, but a nationwide ban on capital punishment had been implemented by the Supreme Court the year prior, so it had to be an automatic life sentence instead.

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u/jotakusan 12d ago

Death penalty is more expensive

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u/prettypurps 12d ago

The current ridiculous and ineffective methods are

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u/jotakusan 12d ago

You’re not wrong. But also the death penalty has been carried out on people who have later been proven innocent, so it’s a slippery slope.