Draft:Lisa Janet Levy

Lisa Janet Levy (February 1, 1957- January 15, 1978) was an American college student attending Florida State University in Tallahassee when she was killed in her sorority house on January 15, 1978. Levy is one of three women whom Ted Bundy was convicted of killing.

Life
Lisa Janet Levy was born in Saint Petersburg, Florida on February 1, 1957. Her parents, Sam and Henny Levy had two children, Lisa and her brother Fred. Lisa attended Dixie Hollins High in St Petersburg where she played the flute in the school band, was on the newspaper team, and was a part of the majorettes as a baton twirler. Lisa was also a Congregation B’Nai Israel synagogue member. After graduating high school Lisa attended Florida State University in Tallahassee as a fashion marketing major. While at FSU, Lisa joined the Chi Omega sorority and lived in the house. During the school year, Lisa worked at the Colony Shop in the Tallahassee Mall and the Colony Shop in St Petersburg over summer vacation. Lisa did not participate in any extracurriculars besides her sorority as she focused primarily on her education and full-time job.

Events of January 15, 1978
On the morning of January 15, 1978, Lisa Levy was asleep inside the Chi Omega sorority house. At approximately 2:45 am serial killer Ted Bundy broke into the sorority house through a faulty lock on the back door. Bundy first went into the room of Margaret Bowman where he bludgeoned her with a piece of firewood and then choked her with pantyhose. Afterward, Bundy crept into Lisa’s room attacked her with the same firewood, and choked her with the pantyhose. After murdering Lisa, Bundy raped her, assaulted her with a spray mist bottle, bit her butt cheek, and almost entirely bit off one of her nipples. Bundy then went into the shared room of Karen Chandler and Kathy Kleiner. Bundy bludgeoned both of them with the firewood but was scared off before he could kill either of them. Nita Neary’s boyfriend dropped her back off at the sorority house around 3 am and his car’s headlights caused Bundy to flee the house. Nita Neary saw Bundy as he fled the house and was able to identify him by his distinctive profile. Bundy then broke into the basement apartment of Cheryl Thomas, another FSU student, bludgeoning but not killing her.

Aftermath
The city of Tallahassee was shaken by the violent attacks and not knowing the culprit to be Bundy, thought a new serial killer was on the loose in the city. On June 25, 1979, Bundy went on trial for the first time. During the trial, Richard Souviron, a forensic dentist, compared photographs of Bundy’s teeth to the bite mark on Lisa Levy’s butt cheek. Souviron testified that Bundy’s teeth matched the bite mark. The bite mark was one of the key pieces of evidence that ultimately convinced the jury of Bundy’s guilt. On July 24, 1979, after less than seven hours of deliberation, the jury found Bundy guilty of first-degree murder of Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy. Furthermore, he was found guilty of the attempted murders of Karen Chandler, Kathy Kleiner, and Cheryl Thomas. He was later sentenced to be killed by an electric chair.