Answer the following question: Facts: - states: california - conviction: murder - beginyear: august 27 , 1964 - victims: 10 - sentence: life imprisonment without the possibility of parole - caption: mug in april 1973 shot of kemper , taken after his arrest - birth name: edmund emil kemper iii - endyear: april 20 , 1973 - country: united states - alias: big ed the co-ed killer the co-ed butcher - apprehended: april 20 , 1973 - birth date: 18 december 1948 - name: edmund kemper - image size: 240px - birthname: edmund emil kemper iii - image: edmund jpg kemper -lrb- mug shot - 1973 -rrb- . - birth place: burbank , california , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edmund kemper .
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edmund emil kemper iii -lrb- born december 18 , 1948 -rrb- , also known as big ed , the co-ed butcher , or the co-ed killer , is an american serial killer and necrophile who was active in california in the early 1970s .he started his criminal life by murdering his grandparents when he was 15 years old , and later killed and dismembered six female hitchhikers in the santa cruz area .he then murdered his mother and one of her friends before turning himself in to the authorities days later .kemper is noted for his imposing size and high intelligence , standing 6 ft 9 in -lrb- 2.06 m -rrb- tall and weighing over 300 lbs -lrb- 140 kg -rrb- and having an iq in the 140 range , attributes that left his victims with little chance to overcome him .