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In the early 1970s, the tranquil community of Santa Cruz, California, was shattered by a series of murders committed by two serial killers operating at the same time. Edmund Kemper, known as the "Co-ed Killer," murdered eight individuals, including six young women, his mother, and her friend, between May 1972 and April 1973. Simultaneously, Herbert Mullin embarked on his own killing spree in the same area, further terrorizing the residents. In this final episode of "Murder City," we delve into Santa Cruz's darkest period, exploring how law enforcement apprehended these predators and the chilling twist of their eventual incarceration as cellmates.
Sources:
Murray, Emerson, Murder Capital of the World, 2021.
https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Mullin,%20Herbert.htm
https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/mullin/index_1.html
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https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/search?q=herbert+mullin&page=1&sort=divadoc_date_dt&dir=desc&facets%5Btags%5D%5B0%5D=herbert+mullin
https://graduateway.com/herbert-mullins-a-case-study-of-a-serial-murderer/
https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/mullin/explained_9.html
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/santa-cruz-kemper-mullin-frazier-murders-12841990.php
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163366300/fred-abbie-perez
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