- Stood six-foot-four inches tall, at the age of 15.
- He is portrayed by Cameron Britton in Mindhunter (2017).
- He was not a suspect in his murders and was only apprehended because he turned himself in.
- He suffered a stroke in 2015 and has been subsequently declared medically disabled.
- Serial killer of 10 people.
- Has a measured IQ of 136 signifying superior intelligence.
- His mother was emotionally and physically abusive, regularly belittling him for his size and social awkwardness, beating him with a belt, and making him sleep in a basement.
- He has been a model prisoner since his incarceration in 1973, only having his first violation of rules in 2016 for failing to provide a urine sample.
- He is a well-known and prolific reader of audio books for the blind, having several hundred recordings to his name which includes titles like Dune and Flowers in The Attic.
- He was very popular and well-liked by the police in Santa Cruz, to the point that they dismissed his initial confession to his murders as a joke and only arrested him when he made clear he was being serious.
- He has been denied parole every time he's been eligible since 1979 and has even waived his right to hearings in 1985, 1997, 2002 and 2012.
- He initially asked to given the death penalty for his crimes but there was a moratorium placed on capital punishment by the Supreme Court of California so Kemper instead received seven years to life for each count, with these terms to be served concurrently, and was sentenced to the California Medical Facility.
- He is known for regularly participating in interviews with law enforcement for psychological profiles. FBI profiler John Douglas described Kemper as "among the brightest" prison inmates he interviewed and capable of "rare insight for a violent criminal".
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