“The original purpose was gone...It wasn't serving any physical or real or emotional purpose. It was just a pure waste of time….Emotionally, I couldn't handle it much longer. Toward the end there, I started feeling the folly of the whole damn thing, and at the point of near exhaustion, near collapse, I just said to hell with it and called it all off.”
About This Quote
This is what Kemper told detectives when asked why he turned himself in.
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