What facts support Ted Bundy's involvement in the abduction of Ann Marie Burr?

Answer 1

Ann Marie Burr was eight years old at the time of her disappearance on August 30, 1961. Many feel it is too much of a coincidence that the Burr's home in Tacoma WA crossed paths with a 14 year old paperboy named Ted Bundy. Bundy denied it, Bundy's mother denied it, and even the Burr's had doubts that Bundy was responsible. Here are the facts related to Burr's abduction.

Just hours before Bundy died in Florida's electric chair former Seattle policeman Robert Keppel interviewed Bundy in the hope that he would disclose more gravesites and possibly clear up cold cases. Bundy explained to Keppel that there are some murders that a serial killer would never admit. Murders committed at a young age. Murder of a young child. A murder that took place close to the killer's home. All three apply to the Burr case.

When Keppel asked Bundy about Burr he abruptly brought the interview to an end.

Bundy was in fact questioned within the first days after the disappearance by police and was very evasive and uncomfortable. Lack of evidence left police with little choice but to release Bundy.

Ann's mother found the door and window in the livingroom wide open, below the window was a footprint made by a sneaker. The imprint was small and for a time police thought perhaps the abductor may have been Asian, who are usually smaller in size than Caucasions.

Ann's father drove through the entire neighborhood hoping to find his daughter. He saw a boy standing by a ditch a few blocks from the Burr house. He later identified the boy as Ted Bundy after police showed him Bundy's picture.

The Burr family stayed in the house where they lived at the time of Ann's disappearance for six years. Reluctant to change addresses in case Ann would someday come back. Mrs. Burr died in 2008, her husband years before her. She never stopped hoping that she would some day see her daughter again. Chances are good that the mystery of Ann Marie's disappearance will never be resolved. I believe that there are cold case detectives working on the case at present. The best chance of resolution was lost forever in January 1989 when Bundy paid the ultimate price for his crimes, a date with the electric chair.