If you genuinely believe the users of this sub would be interested, you are welcome to message the mods and we'll review your request. No Self-promotion / Merchandise Links / Murderabilia.Please do not glorify serial killers or otherwise encourage violence. Posts must be about serial killers or the subject of serial murder.If you're new to the sub, please read this post. Speculation way back then was that after statute of limitations expired on the theft that Dale would turn up, but he never did, further driving home the thought that he was a victim in the crime and not a participant.Welcome to r/SerialKillers. It's been 30-some years later and no one has heard anything from Dale. Even though Dale had debts (the new truck) it wasn't a ridiculous amount (reportedly somewhere around $30K) and his family could help him out if necessary but it wasn't like he was swimming in debt. He left behind 6 kids and according to most, they had a good relationship and there was no animosity between Dale and his family. His relatively new truck was left in the parking lot with the keys in the ignition and 3 cartons of cigs (Dale was a smoker) were left in the truck. His plant keys and uneaten lunch were left in the plant. $250K of platinum (remember 1987 dollars) was HEAVY and it was probably going to take more than one person to help transport it.īut there were several factors that pointed in the direction that Dale was a victim in this case. Only someone familiar with the plant would have known about the platinum (it was a few days later when it was discovered the platinum was missing) The video footage of him in the plant shows him not necessarily either afraid of or collaborating with the masked intruder. He was divorced and was several thousand dollars in debt. He was a long-time employee but was recently bumped from his production job to this overnight security position (which he didn't like) and it cost him several thousand a year in wages. Several factors pointed in that direction:
Interestingly enough it occurred just across the state line from me.Īt the time of the "Unsolved Mysteries" segment, which was about 2 years after the actual crime it appeared more likely he was part of the crime, meaning an inside job that he participated in. If you watched the original run of "Unsolved Mysteries" you probably remember this case.
The ambiguous nature of the footage causes some debate: was Dale an innocent victim of this masked stranger, or was he actually a willing participant in the theft before he decided to skip town? A check of the security tape uncovers footage of Dale walking through the plant alongside an unidentified masked intruder and it turns out that $250,000 worth of platinum was stolen that night. The following morning, Dale is discovered to be missing and he is never heard from again. 50-year old Dale Kerstetter shows up to work the overnight shift as a security guard at the Corning Glassworks plant. If you have the time to watch, it's fascinating stuff.
Reportedly he's been a model prisoner and had been interviewed by the FBI in order to better understand the mind of the serial killer.įound on Youtube is this video that combines two different interviews Kemper had in prison. In one interview Edmund said, that if his mother was his first victim, then he probably would have not killed anymore.Įdmund is also unusual in that after he finally killed his mother (victim #9) and her best friend (victim #10) he fled his home base (Santa Cruz, CA), drove to Colorado and subsequently called the Santa Cruz police department and essentially turned himself in.įound guilty, Edmund has been in prison since 1973. And it was this relationship that Edmund believed triggered his urge to kill. He's also one of the earliest serial killers– killing his grandparents in 1964.Įven though it seems that Edmund had a lot going for him, the relationship with his mother was beyond toxic. In 1973 he killed his mother and her friend before turning himself in.įirst off the guy is huge! At the time of arrest he was 6'9" and about 270lbs.Īnd he was bright. But he soon stopped letting them go, killing six young women in the Santa Cruz, California, area in the 1970s. From time to time let's talk about some true crime as it relates to crimes that have been solved or serial killers who were captured.Įdmund Kemper, at age 15, killed both his grandparents to "see what it felt like." Upon release, he drifted, picking up and releasing female hitchhikers.