Ed Kemper
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Ed Kemper is an American serial killer and necrophile, known for murdering his grandparents, mother, and several young women in the 1960s and 1970s, and for later cooperating extensively with FBI profilers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ed Kemper canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10325738 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Kemper Context triple: [Mindhunter, featuresFictionalizedVersionOf, Ed Kemper]
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A.
Gabriel Harris
Gabriel Harris is an American percussionist and musician best known for his work with his mother, folk singer and activist Joan Baez, as well as other world and folk music artists.
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B.
Richard Fish
Richard Fish is a quirky, money-driven yet oddly principled lawyer and partner at the Cage & Fish law firm on the television series "Ally McBeal."
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C.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
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D.
Albert Lambreaux
Albert Lambreaux is a fictional Mardi Gras Indian chief and community leader in post-Katrina New Orleans from the television drama series "Treme."
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E.
John Holmes
John Holmes was a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Kemper Target entity description: Ed Kemper is an American serial killer and necrophile, known for murdering his grandparents, mother, and several young women in the 1960s and 1970s, and for later cooperating extensively with FBI profilers.
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A.
Gabriel Harris
Gabriel Harris is an American percussionist and musician best known for his work with his mother, folk singer and activist Joan Baez, as well as other world and folk music artists.
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B.
Richard Fish
Richard Fish is a quirky, money-driven yet oddly principled lawyer and partner at the Cage & Fish law firm on the television series "Ally McBeal."
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C.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
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D.
Albert Lambreaux
Albert Lambreaux is a fictional Mardi Gras Indian chief and community leader in post-Katrina New Orleans from the television drama series "Treme."
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E.
John Holmes
John Holmes was a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American criminal
ⓘ
human ⓘ necrophile ⓘ serial killer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Co-Ed Killer ⓘ |
| arrestDate | 1973-04-24 ⓘ |
| arrestedBy |
Santa Cruz police
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Cruz Police Department
|
| convictedOf | first-degree murder ⓘ |
| convictionDate | 1973-11-08 ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith |
FBI Behavioral Science Unit
ⓘ
linked to:
FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit
FBI profiler John E. Douglas ⓘ
linked to:
John E. Douglas
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| crime |
dismemberment of bodies
ⓘ
murder ⓘ necrophilia ⓘ |
| crimeLocation |
Alameda County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Alameda County
Aptos, California ⓘ
linked to:
Aptos, California, United States
Santa Cruz County, California ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-12-18 ⓘ |
| familyName | Kemper ⓘ |
| fullName | Edmund Emil Kemper III ⓘ |
| givenName | Edmund ⓘ |
| height | about 6 ft 9 in ⓘ |
| incarceratedIn |
California Medical Facility, Vacaville
ⓘ
linked to:
California Medical Facility
|
| inspiredWork | characters in crime literature and media about serial killers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high intelligence and articulate interviews
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providing detailed interviews to law enforcement and psychologists ⓘ |
| motive |
hatred of his mother
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sexual sadism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cooperating with FBI profilers on serial killer psychology
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murdering his mother, Clarnell Strandberg, in 1973 ⓘ murdering his paternal grandparents in 1964 ⓘ murdering several young female hitchhikers in California in the early 1970s ⓘ necrophilia involving some of his victims ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | 10 ⓘ |
| occupation | serial killer ⓘ |
| paroleEligibility | denied multiple times ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Burbank, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Burbank, California
|
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| turnedHimselfIn | true ⓘ |
| victim |
his mother, Clarnell Strandberg
ⓘ
his mother’s friend, Sara Hallett ⓘ his paternal grandfather ⓘ his paternal grandmother ⓘ |
| victimProfile |
female college students
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young female hitchhikers ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstMurder | 1964 ⓘ |
| yearOfLastMurder | 1973 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ed Kemper Description of subject: Ed Kemper is an American serial killer and necrophile, known for murdering his grandparents, mother, and several young women in the 1960s and 1970s, and for later cooperating extensively with FBI profilers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.