Ted Bundy

Bundy was born to an unwed mother (Elenor Louise Cowell) on Nov. 24, 1946 in Vermont. Shortly after his birth Louise moved back to her parents home in Philidelphia, PA, where they lived for several years before moving to Washington state where Ted remained until law school.

The Bundy's lived at 658 Skyline Dr., Tocoma WA.

On November 8, 1974, Bundy finally slipped up when attempting to kidnap a woman named Carol DaRonch. He was posing as a police officer and managed to lure her into his car, where he tried to handcuff her. He only managed to get the cuffs on one wrist before the woman dove out of the car and ran away. DaRonch was able to identify Bundy to police and he was captured shortly after. He was convicted of attempted kidnapping on June 30, 1976 and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. On June 7, 1977, he was transferred to a state prison in Pitkin County, Colorado, where authorities were preparing to charge him with murder. However, he managed to escape the local courthouse during a recess by jumping out of a second story window. Unfortunately for Bundy, he had injured his ankle and was not able to escape the city before being captured the next week. Once back in jail, Bundy managed to pull off another miraculous escape. He stole a hacksaw from the facility and used it to saw a hole in the ceiling of his room. On December 30, 1977, he climbed into the ceiling and entered the main hallway of the prison. Since the front door guard was gone for the evening, he was able to stroll out the front door and take off in a stolen car. After other escapes and recaptures, finally on the morning of February 15, 1978, Bundy was pulled over by a traffic cop. When the plates registered stolen, he was identified and transported to Miami to stand trial for the sorority house murders. Bundy was easily convicted of the crimes and sentenced to death by the Honorable Edward Cowart. He was then tried in Orlando for the murder of Kimberly Leach and once again sentenced to death by Wallace Jopling. During this second trial, he married a female admirer named Carole Ann Boone in the courtroom, much to the horror of spectators. Bundy spent his time on death row conducting interviews with behavioral psychologists and helping to find other serial killers. He also appealed his case numerous times in order to get a stay of execution, but failed. His last desperate move consisted of confessing to eight unsolved murders and promising to reveal more information at a later date, but the execution was performed anyway.

Necrephilia, a sexual disorder present in some serial killers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, is not totally understood, but in the case of these killers it is thought that it is a matter of control. In simplistic terms, sex with a corpse leaves all control with the living participate, since a corpse has no will or desires of their own. Bundy, as a killer, is still not totally understood. He was an intelligent man with an above average IQ and even at his death even he did not fully understand why he did the things he did.

He was often quoted as blaming his plight on violent pornography. Although this may have contributed to his obsessions, it is highly unlikely that this was the cause of his serial murderer career. Bundy showed signs of a troubled mind

before he entered his school years. At the tender age of three, Bundy placed knives (tips pointed inward) all around his sleeping teen-aged aunt. She awakened to find a grinning Teddy and the kitchen's sharpest knives arranged around her. Needless to say, she was appropriately creeped out.

Bundy worked as a grocery bagger and shelf-stocker at a Seattle Safeway store on Queen Anne Hill, as well as other odd jobs. At this time Bundy did not hold any one job for longer than a few months.

Serial killers tend to be white, heterosexual males in their twenties and thirties who are sexually dysfunctional and have low self-esteem. Their methodical rampages are almost always sexual in nature. Their killings are usually part of an elaborate fantasy that builds to a climax at the moment of their murderous outburst. Serial killers generally murder strangers with cooling off periods between each crime. Many enjoy cannibalism, necrophilia and keep trophy-like body parts as mementos of their work. Serial killers are sadistic in nature. Some return to crime scenes or grave sites of their victims to fantasize about their deeds. Many like to insert themselves in the investigation of their crimes and some enjoy taunting authorities with letters or carefully placed pieces of evidence.

Serial killers tend to prey on women and children of their same race. Prostitutes, drifters and hitchhikers are their victims of choice. Some homosexual killers enjoy hunting young boys and gay men. Female serial killers tend to be "black widows" who kill a succession of husbands, lovers, or other family members. They can also be nurses or other medical professionals who become self-appointed "angels of death" murdering babies, elderly, or the desperately ill in a misguided effort to relieve their suffering. Most serial killers grew up in violent households. As youngsters they enjoyed torturing animals, setting fires and were chronic bed-wetters. As adults, many serial have some type of brain damage and are addicted to alcohol and/or drugs.

Bundy had several scrapes with the law. Theft, illegal entry into neighbor's homes, peeping tom. In hindsight it all makes sense. He had many of the warning signs common with killers.

The bite marks connected him with the crime with a possibility that no one could deny.

He was. Lynda Healey disappeared on August 31, 1974.

As far as anyone can tell Bundy did not kill in Gainsville, FL. You may be thinking about Danny Rolling, aka, The Gainsville Ripper. Rolling killed five students at the U of Florida, Gainsville and was executed in 2006 by lethal injection. After Rolling's arrest he admitted to additional rapes and murders in Louisiana prior to his Florida murders.

Number of kills: 28 known (could be accountable for the deaths of 36 women)

The gender of his victims was always women

Ages: 12-26

Locations of killings:

Washington

Colarado

Utah

Oregon

Idaho

Florida

Washington

Katherine Merry Divine, 15

Disappeared: Nov. 25, 1973

Found: Dec. 6, 1973

Was last seen hitchhiking to Oregon

Joni Lenz, 18

Attacked: Early Jan. 1974

Lynda Ann Healy, 21

Disappeared: Jan. 31, 1974

Found: March 3,1975

Bundy admitted to her murder before his execution

Donna Gail Manson, 19

Disappeared: March 12,1975

Bundy confessed to her murder before his execution

Bundy told police that her remains were part of the unidentified bones found in March 1975

Susan Elaine Rancourt,19

Disappeared: April 17, 1974

Found: March 3, 1975

Roberta Kathleen Parks, 20

Disappeared: May 6, 1974

Found: March 3, 1975

Brenda Baker, 15

Disappeared: May 25,1974

Found: June 17, 1974

She was found several miles away from where Katherine Divine was found

Brenda Carol Ball,22

Disappeared: May 31, 1974

Found: March 1, 1975

Georgeann Hawkins, 18

Disappeared: June 10,1974

Janice Ott, 23

Disappeared: July 14, 1974

Found: Sept. 6,1974

Denise Naslund,18

Disappeared: July 14, 1974

Found: Sept. 6,1974

Colorado

Caryn Campbell,24

Disappeared: Jan. 12, 1976

Found: Feb. 18,1975

Julie Cunningham, 26

Disappeared: March 15,1975

Denise Oliverson,24

Disappeared: April 6, 1975

Melanie Cooley, 18

Disappeared: April 15, 1975

Found: April 23, 1975

Shelly K. Robertson, 24

Disappeared: July 1, 1975

Found: Aug. 21,1975

Utah

Melissa Smith,17

Disappeared: Oct. 18, 1974

Found: Oct. 27,1974

Laura Aimes, 17

Disappeared: Oct. 31,1974

Found: Nov. 27,1974

Nancy Baird, 23

Disappeared: July of 1975

Nancy Wilcox, 16

Last seen: Oct 1974

Debi Kent, 17

Disappeared: Nov.8,1974

Carol DaRonch, 19

Attacked: Nov.8,1974

Sue Curtis, 15

Disappeared: June 28,1975

Debbie Smith, 17

Disappeared: Feb. 1976

Found: April 1, 1976 at Salt Lake International Airport

Oregon

Roberta Cathleen, 20

Rita Lorraine Jolly, 17

Disappeared: June of 1973

Vicki Lynn Hollar, 24

Disappeared: August of 1973

Idaho

Lynette Culver, 13

Missing: since May of 1975

Florida

Margaret Bowman, 21

Clubbed to death in Chi Omega Sorority house on Jan. 15, 1978

Lisa Levy, 20

Murdered at Chi Omega Sorority house on Jan. 15, 1978

Her nipple was bitten off

Bite marks on her left buttock which helped to identify Ted Bundy

Kathy Kleiner, 21

Battered during attack at Chi Omega Sorority house on Jan. 15, 1978

Karen Chandler, 21

Battered during attack at Chi Omega Sorority house on Jan. 15, 1978

Cheryl Thomas, 21

Battered at her apartment, minutes after the Chi Omega murders on Jan. 15, 1978

Kimberly Leach, 12

Disappeared: Feb. 9, 1978 from her Junior High School

Found: April 7,1978

Her bones were found in a pig pen and it appeared she had been strangled.

Of the seven known states that Bundy killed in only the murders he committed in Florida were tried before a jury. But Bundy confessed to over 30 murders before he was executed in 1989 and hinted at many more. It is anyone's guess as to how many Bundy killed although 30 is probably a very conservative number.

In the days prior to DNA and fiber analysis, forensics as we now know them were much less of a science than they are today. The proverbial nails in the coffin for Bundy was the bite mark evidence, a novel idea at the time. Much of Bundy's case was still considered circumstantial. Be that as it may, the juries had no trouble finding Bundy guilty of multiple counts of murder.

Initially, it seemed like a good idea, one that was encouraged by his defense attorneys. But Berkowitz pled guilty of multiple counts of first degree murder. The talking dog scenario didn't last long and fooled almost nobody.

In August 1975 police attempted to stop Bundy for a driving violation. He aroused suspicion when he tried to get away by turning his car lights off and speeding through stop signs. When he was finally stopped his VW was searched and police found handcuffs, an ice pick, crowbar, pantyhose with eye holes cut out along with other questionable items. They also saw that the front seat on the passenger side of his car was missing. Police arrested Ted Bundy on suspicion of burglary.

On February 9, 1978, Bundy killed again. This time it was 12-year-old Kimberly Leach, who he kidnapped then mutilated. Within a week of the disappearance of Kimberly, Bundy was arrested in Pensacola for driving a stolen vehicle. Investigators had eyewitnesses who identified Bundy at the dorm and at Kimberly's school. They also had physical evidence that linked him to the three murders, including a mold of the bite marks found on in the flesh of the sorority house victim.

Also he was caught in east carbon Utah after he barried a girl from weligton Utah in cat caynon. i live in price what is 20 mins away from east carbon and if you go aroung cat caynon you can find sage bruch and other tree's with the name ted bundy on it . welingon Utah come check it out and see it

Ted Bundy didn't think his mind was mess up and he thought he was smart. He defended himself in his case after firing his lawyer. That is a fool or stupid thing to do. He was also caught for speeding. No speeding, he would be still free.

The Macdonald triad is a set of three behavioral characteristics that are associated with sociopathic behavior. Ted Bundy had all those characteristics.

Ted Bundys daughter has change her name and move out;

He is said to have fathered a son to Carol Boone in his final days in death row. He did really have married but death roll inmates don't get conjugal visits. So, the rumor says so but the legal system no.

//Ted Bundy fathered a daughter with Carol Boone while on Florida's death row. Although conjugal visits are not an option for condemned prisoners it is common enough for guards to 'look the other way' during spousal visitations, the results being enough births resulting to form a small city. I believe the daughter did in fact visit Bundy before his death in 1989 but before his execution (at least a couple of years) Carol finally gave up on her 'prince charming' and left Florida, destination undisclosed. It is rumored that she changed her and her daughter's names and headed back to the Pacific Northwest where she may have had family. Although to a lessor degree, Carol and her daughter too, are victims of Bundy. Whether she convinced herself years ago that he was wrongly convicted or was one of millions of women everyday that think they can change a man, Carol Boone fell prey to Bundy's handsome face and smooth talk and could not, or would not see what lurked beneath.//

The same thing, the rumor says so but the legal system no.

//Bundy fathered a daughter with long time friend/girlfriend Carole Boone, the child was born in 1982. Due to the notoriety of Bundy's crimes the daughter was given the full protection of the law and so far has been able to remain annonymous. This child was brought to the prison to visit, a fact that is easy to verify with prison personel. This mystery child was conceived on visiting day which death row inmates are entitled to. It is a well-known fact that on-duty guards allow sex during these visits, and although it seems to outrage the public, in general, there is little chance things will change anywhere near soon. There is a photo of Bundy, Boone and their daughter on tumblr.com. Below is a link to another photo of Bundy with his daughter.//

He was sexually attracted to girls of that age.

Considering the fact the Bundy had a difficult time with the truth law enforcement has a good idea of the states where he committed his murders. Washington state, possibly Oregon, probably Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Florida.

Although this may seem extensive for one serial killer to have killed in so many different places it is common for this type of killer to move around alot. Bundy spent so much time in his car just driving around looking for potential victims. There have been several long-haul truckers that were able to move around freely leaving a trail of bodies in their wake.

As the date for his execution grew closer, Bundy tried to bargin with police. He would tell them where more bodies were to get a stay of execution. Police thought he had enough time since he sat on Florida's death row for almost a dozen years. No deal. Bundy kept his date with 'Old Sparky' in January 1989.

Although he was suspected of dozens and possibly hundreds of murders, he was executed in the state of Florida for the killing 3 sorority girls at Florida State and 12 year old Kimberly Leach, also in Florida.

Bundy lived in several different states and different locations throughout his life. I have still not been able to verify any actual addresses. I will keep looking and will post any if/when I find them.

Chi Omega murders trial.