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Ted Bundy is a notorious Serial Killer. Who was said to have killed 36 young women. Early Life Ted Bundy was born in Burlington, Vermont, on November 24, 1946 to unmarried 22 year old Eleanor Louise Cowel (Ted Bundy, 2018). Ted became Eleanor's secret. She was shamed by her religious parents for having an illegitimate child. To keep Ted a secret he was known as the adopted child from his grandparents and he was told that his mother was his sister. Bundy grew up in a working-class family and was a bright boy who did well in school but not with other kids his age. At the age of 3 Bundy shown an interest in knives. As a teenager Bundy started to express a darker side of him. Bundy liked to steal things he wanted from people and did not think he was doing wrong. Bundy also peered through windows.

Education Bundy graduated from the University of Washington in 1972 with a degree in psychology. He had been accepted to law school in Utah, but he would never earn his degree. While Ted was a student at the University of Washington, he fell in love with a wealthy, pretty young woman from California. Many of Ted Bundy's later victims resembled his college girlfriend—attractive students with long, dark hair. In the mid-1970s Ted had become more confident and active in social and political matters.

Victims Ted Bundy confessed to 36 killings of young women across several states in the 1970s, but experts believe that the final tally may be closer to 100 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. While there is some debate as to when Bundy started killing, most sources say that he began his murderous rampage around 1974. Around this time, many women in the Seattle area and in nearby Oregon went missing. Stories circulated about some of the victims last being seen in the company of a young, dark-haired man known as "Ted." He often lured his victims into his car by pretending to be injured and asking for their help. Their kindness proved to be a fatal mistake. How Bundy Was Caught? Ted Bundy moved to Utah to attend law school in the fall of 1974. Women began disappearing in utah during 1974 as well. During the following year, he was pulled over by the police. "A search of his vehicle uncovered a cache of burglary tools—a crowbar, a face mask, rope and handcuffs. He was arrested for possession of these tools and the police began to link him to much more sinister crimes. Bundy escaped from prison twice in 1977. The first time, he was indicted on murder charges for the death of a young Colorado woman and decided to act as his own lawyer in the case. During a trip to the courthouse library, he jumped out a window and made his first escape. He was captured eight days late.In December, Bundy escaped from custody again. He climbed out of a hole he made in the ceiling of his cell, having dropped more than 30 pounds to fit through the small opening. Authorities did not discover that Bundy was missing for 15 hours, giving the serial killer a big head start on the police." (https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-bundy) Chi Omega Sorority House Ted Bundy only killed women that looked like his fiancé but then he devolved and he brutally attacked a house full of sorority students that looked nothing like his fiancé. He went off script. His final victim was a 12-year-old girl. When the police found the van that he used to kill her the amount of blood revealed that he had lost complete control. It was then in the evolution that eventually let to his capture. .After Ted Bundy's second escape from prison, he made his way to Tallahassee, Florida. OnJanuary 14, 1978, Ted broke into the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University. He attacked four of the young female residents, killing two of them. On February 9, Ted kidnapped and murdered a 12-year-old girl named Kimberly Leach. These crimes marked the end of his murderous rampage, as he was soon pulled over by the police that February. The most damning evidence connecting Bundy to the two Chi Omega murders at FSU were bite marks on one of the bodies, which were a definitive match to Bundy. r In 1975, Bundy was arrested in the kidnapping of Carol DaRonch, one of the few women to escape his clutches. He was convicted and received a one-to-15-year jail sentence."(https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-bundy ) Trail "Bundy’s good looks, charm and intelligence made him something of a celebrity during his trial. Bundy fought for his life but was convicted and spent nine years on death row appealing his death sentence." While Ted Bundy was in police custody, he would plie his books onto his bed and jump off the top to strengthen his legs and ankles for his soon planned escape from a window. Ted Bundy Jumped some of 30 feet out a window and escaped. (https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-bundy). Conviction, Death Sentences and Appeals "In July 1979, Bundy was convicted for the the two Chi Omega murders at FSU. He was given the death penalty twice. He received another death sentence in 1980 for the murder of Kimberly Leach. Bundy appealed, trying to take his case as high as the U.S. Supreme Court, but he was turned down. He also offered information on some of unsolved murders to avoid Florida's electric chair, but he could not delay justice forever and was executed in 1989 "(https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-bundy ).

Wife and Daughter In February 1980, Bundy married Carole Ann Boone, a mother-of-two whom he’d dated before his initial arrest, in a courtroom during the penalty phase of his trial. He proposed and she accepted in the presence of the judge, making the marriage legitimate in Florida. The couple had met six years earlier when they both worked at the Department of Emergency Services in Olympia, Washington. Boone gave birth to a daughter, Rose, in 1982, and she named Bundy as the father. Not much is known about Rose today. Boone eventually realized Bundy was guilty of the crimes. She divorced him three years prior to his execution, according to Rule's book, A Stranger Beside Me. Boone stopped visiting Bundy during the last two years of his imprisonment. (https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-bundy). Death "On January 24, 1989, Bundy was executed around 7 a.m. at the Florida State Prison in an electric chair sometimes known as "Old Sparky." Outside the prison, crowds cheered and even set off fireworks after Bundy's execution. Bundy's body was cremated in Gainesville, and no public ceremony was held. Before he was executed he requested his ashes be scattered in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, where he murdered at least four of his victims."(https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-bundy).

References Ted Bundy. (2018, January 18 ). Retrieved from Biography : https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-bundy