18, 1972, while he attempted successfully to have his juvenile criminal records sealed. Kemper was declared no danger to society by two courtappointed psychiatrists on Sept. The first of the murders came to light in August, 1972, when the head of Mary Ann Pesce, 19, a student, was found on a mountain in this area.
He was arrested April 24 in a Pueblo, Colo., phone booth after calling the police here to confess his fear that he might kill again. His killing spree spread over 11 months and ended a few days after the Easter weekend killing of his mother. of 131, had memorized 28 phychological tests and suitable responses while at Atascadero. During the trial, it was revealed that Kemper, who has an I.Q. He was committed to the Atascadero State Hospital for the Criminally Insane from 1964 to 1969, when he was released as “cured” over a District Attorney's opposition. In 1964, when he was 15, Kemper killed his grandparents. “There are two people trapped in a body of a giant,” Mr. Jackson said that Kemper was “an 8‐year‐old,” the age at which he first fantasized killing his mother, a strict disciplinarian, who, Kemper had said often banished him to the family basement. He said the massive roadworker lived in a “fantasy world” that he created in order to escape a society that he thought rejected him. Jackson contended that Kemper was not sane. Kemper, who has attempted suicide in jail twice in the last two weeks, looked rather disheveled.
The defendant, dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, remained calm and exchanged words with his attorney. He said the law on what constitutes legal sanity should be changed, but he stressed “There is no law gonna be written that will cover Kemper.”
Jackson said he had “no argument” with the “reasonable enough” verdict. James Jacckson, Kemper's defense attorney, made no objection, though.
Normally, sentencing comes about three weeks after the verdict to allow time for a probation report. Judge Brauer then said that Kemper, guilty of eight counts of first degree murder, “is not eligible for probation.” He set sentencing for tomorrow morning. This was the second mass murder trial of the year in the scenic oceanside county in which 19 murders have occurred in the last 17 months.
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