Died: 8 November, Bundy confessed to murdering Kent and burying her body in the same area as Nancy Wilcox. Died: 12 January, Campbell was heading to her hotel room in Aspen when she disappeared.
Her body was found naked and beaten next to a road. Died: 15 March, Cunningham was walking to a restaurant to meet up with a friend when she offered to help Bundy, who was pretending to struggle on crutches. He kidnapped her and put her in his trunk where he drove to the desert, strangled her to death, and left her body there.
Missing since: 6 April, Bundy confessed to killing her and dumping her body in the Colorado River, but it was never found. Died: 15 April, After disappearing on her way home from high school, Cooley was tied up and bludgeoned to death with a rock. Her body was found in Coal Creek Canyon. Bundy has been suspected in her murder, but it was never confirmed. Missing since: 6 May, Culver was abducted from her neighbourhood in Pocatello, Idaho. Bundy confessed he killed her and threw her body into the Snake River.
Her body has not been found. While Ted took his name, he reportedly didn't have much respect for his stepfather, whom he resented for being too uneducated and working class.
Johnnie and Louise had several children together. Louise was working as a secretary at the University of Puget Sound and still married to Johnnie in the s when Ted was accused of his crimes. She refused to believe the charges for years, although she changed her stance after he confessed. Bundy was born in Burlington, Vermont, on November 24, Bundy started life as his mother's secret shame, as his illegitimate birth humiliated her deeply religious parents.
Louise delivered Ted at a home for unwed mothers in Vermont and later brought her son to her parents in Philadelphia. To hide the fact he was an illegitimate child , Bundy was raised as the adopted son of his grandparents and was told that his mother was his sister.
Eleanor moved with Bundy to Tacoma, Washington, a few years later, and soon married his stepfather Johnnie. From all appearances, Bundy grew up in a content, working-class family. He showed an unusual interest in the macabre at an early age. Around the age of 3, he became fascinated by knives. A shy but bright child, Bundy did well in school but not with his peers.
As a teenager, a darker side of his character started to emerge. Bundy liked to peer in other people's windows and thought nothing of stealing things he wanted from other people. Bundy graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in psychology in He had been accepted to law school in Utah, although he would never earn his degree.
While a student at the University of Washington, Bundy fell in love with a wealthy, pretty young woman from California. She had everything that he wanted: money, class and influence. He was devastated by their breakup. Many of Bundy's later victims resembled his college girlfriend—attractive students with long, dark hair. By the mids, Bundy had transformed himself, becoming more outwardly confident and active in social and political matters.
He even got a letter of recommendation from the Republican governor of Washington after working on his campaign. Bundy confessed to 36 killings of young women across several states in the s, but experts believe that the final tally may be closer to or more. The exact number of women Bundy killed will never been known. His killings usually followed a gruesome pattern: He often raped his victims before beating them to death.
The killer's early years featured problematic behavior and hints of the darkness that led to him becoming a serial rapist and murderer.
The world was riveted to the long-running saga of the American exchange student who was accused of killing her roommate. Peterson was declared guilty of the crimes in , but in , his death sentence was overturned, setting the stage for a never-ending legal saga. By providing insight into the mind of a serial killer, Bundy aided detectives in capturing Gary Ridgway. February 1, Bundy commits his first proven murder Lynda Ann Healy, another UW undergrad, disappears from her off-campus home in the early morning hours, leaving behind a carefully made bed with blood on the pillow.
November 8, Bundy strikes twice in one day—again Posing as a police officer in Murray, Utah, Bundy lures year-old Carol DaRonch from a mall to his tan Volkswagen Beetle, where he attempts to apply handcuffs before she escapes.
January 12, The killer surfaces in Colorado A year-old nurse named Caryn Campbell disappears from her hotel in Snowmass, Colorado, after leaving the lobby to retrieve a magazine from her room. October 2, Bundy is selected from a police lineup Although previous efforts to identify Bundy had failed, DaRonch and two other women point him out in a police lineup. He is arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping March 1, Bundy is convicted for his abduction efforts Following a five-day trial, during which he waived the right to be heard by a jury, Bundy is found guilty of aggravated kidnapping , drawing a one-toyear prison sentence.
October 21, Bundy is charged with first-degree murder Investigators link Bundy to the January death of Campbell through the discovery of her hair in his car, the use of his gasoline credit card in the vicinity the day she disappeared and eyewitness accounts of him being at her hotel. June 7, Bundy escapes from a library Allowed access to the law library at Aspen's Pitkin County Courthouse, an unshackled and unguarded Bundy leaps from a second-floor window and heads into the mountains.
December 30, A slimmed-down Bundy disappears from his prison cell Moved to an allegedly more secure facility in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Bundy loses enough weight to squeeze through an opening cut through his ceiling and into the duct system. February 9, Bundy strikes one more time Seventh grader Kimberly Leach disappears in the middle of the day from Florida's Lake City Junior High School; at 12 years of age, she is significantly younger than Bundy's usual victims.
June 25, Bundy's trial for the Florida rampage begins The trial — reportedly the first to be televised nationally — commences with jury selection at Miami's Dade County Metro Justice Building. July 18, Prosecutors focus on Bundy's teeth Despite defense objections to his testimony being permitted, forensic dentist Richard Souviron compares large photographs of Bundy's teeth to those of the bite marks found on one of the FSU students and proclaims them to be a match.
July 24, Bundy is convicted for the deaths of the Florida State students After deliberating for less than seven hours, the jury of seven men and five women find Bundy guilty of first-degree murder of Bowman and Levy and the attempted murders of Kleiner, Chandler and Thomas.
By Colin Bertram. By Sara Kettler. By Jamie Bartosch. By Tim Ott. He eventually confessed to her murder before he was put to death. Still, as late as , Culver was listed as a missing person, and the Pocatello Police Department says she may not have been murdered by Bundy, according to the Idaho State Journal. She was abducted while walking back to her room during a Mormon youth conference at Brigham Young University.
Curtis was Bundy's last confession as he walked down to the hall to be executed. Her remains were not found, so she is still listed as a missing person. Bowman was among the four women in the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University attacked in her bed in the middle of the night. Bundy beat her with a piece of firewood and strangled her, according to ABC News. Levy was another Chi Omega sorority sister.
Bundy beat and strangled her to death in the Chi Omega house. Bundy bludgeoned Kleiner with a piece of firewood and left her with her jaw hanging off. Despite a broken jaw and right arm, and four teeth knocked out, according to an AP report , Chandler survived.
After leaving the Chi Omega house, Bundy crawled through a window in Thomas' home and beat her to death. She was a dance major at the university, according to ABC News, and survived. One of Bundy's youngest victims, Leach was in seventh grade when she disappeared in the middle of the school day, per NBC News. Her body was found two months later in a shed behind Suwannee River State Park.
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