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Anita Mary Luchessa, an 18-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on May 7, 1972, in Alameda County, California. She was a victim of the infamous serial killer Edmund Kemper, known as the 'Co-Ed Killer'. Luchessa, along with her friend Mary Ann Pesce, was hitchhiking to Stanford University when Kemper picked them up in Berkeley, California.

Kemper drove them to a secluded location where he murdered them. Pesce was stabbed and strangled in the backseat of his car, while Luchessa was kil ...Read More
Victim Details

Anita Mary Luchessa

Female

White / Caucasian

Berkeley

CA

1972-05-07

18

Anita

Mary Luchessa

12/02/2025