Ted Bundy

Motive: Sex

Crimes:

Date	Victim	Victim's age	Crime	Place	Body found
25/11/73	Kathy Devine	15	Murder	Seattle	6/12/73
4/1/74	Sharon Clarke	18	Attempted murder, rape and sexual assault	Seattle	N/A
1/2/74	Lynda Ann Healy	21	Murder	Seattle	Taylor Mountain, March 1975
12/3/74	Donna Manson	19	Murder	Olympia, Washington	Never found
17/4/74	Susan Rancourt	18	Murder	Ellensberg, Washington	Taylor Mountain, March 1975
6/5/74	Roberta Parks	20	Murder	Corvallis, Oregon	Taylor Mountain, March 1975
25/5/74	Brenda Baker	15	Murder	Seattle	17/6/1974
1/6/74	Brenda Ball	22	Murder	Seattle	Taylor Mountain, March 1975
11/6/74	Georgeanne Hawkins	18	Murder	Seattle	Never found
14/7/74	Janice Ott	23	Murder	Lake Sammamish Park, Seattle	2 miles away, 7/9/74
14/7/74	Denise Naslund	18	Murder	Lake Sammamish Park, Seattle	2 miles away, 7/9/74
18/10/74	Melissa Smith	17	Murder	Midvale, Salt Lake City	Summit Park resort, 27/10/74
31/10/74	Laura Ann Aime	17	Murder	American Fork park, Salt Lake	27/11/74
8/11/74	Carol DaRonch	18	Aggravated kidnap	Murray, Salt Lake City	N/A
8/11/74	Debbie Kent	17	Murder	Bountiful, Utah	Never found
12/1/75	Caryn Campbell	23	Murder	Aspen, Colorado	February 1975
15/3/75	Julie Cunningham	26	Murder	Vail, Colorado	Never found
6/4/75	Denise Oliverson	25	Murder	Grand Junction, Colorado	Never found
15/4/75	Melanie Cooley	18	Murder	Nederland, Colorado	15 miles away, 1/5/75
1/7/75	Shelley Robertson	24	Murder	Golden, Colorado	Never found
4/7/75	Nancy Baird	19	Murder	Bountiful, Colorado	Never found
15/1/78	Lisa Levy	20	Murder	Tallahassee	In her bed
15/1/78	Margaret Bowman	21	Murder	Tallahassee	In her bed
15/1/78	Kathy Kleiner	-	Attempted murder	Tallahassee	N/A
15/1/78	Karen Chandler	-	Attempted murder	Tallahassee	N/A
15/1/78	Cheryl Thomas	-	Attempted murder	Tallahassee	N/A
9/2/78	Kimberley Leach	12	Murder	Lake City, Florida	7/4/78

Method: Methods were various. However, for the murders before his first arrest his method was generally the same. He would cruise in his car looking for a suitable victim. The car had the front passenger seat removed especially for this purpose. He had a variety of ruses to lure the victim to his car. This included impersonating a police officer; and feigning a broken leg or arm and asking for assistance with something.

Bundy would then beat each girl with an iron bar or other similar heavy weapon. He would then drive the victim to a lonely place, where he could rape her and kill her.

The attacks and murders of the 15th January 1978 were less calculated. Bundy broke into the two halls of residence and went from room to room, attacking women with the same oak branch. He also sexually assaulted them.

Sentence: Bundy was given 1 - 15 years imprisonment in 1975 for the aggravated kidnapping of Carol DaRonch. In June 1979 he was tried for the murders of Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, and was given the death penalty, which in Florida means the electric chair. At 7.18 am on 24th January, 1989 Ted Bundy was executed.

Interesting facts: Another body was found with the bodies of Janice Ott and Denise Naslund, but was never identified.

Bundy escaped from custody several times. The first time he managed to be free for 6 days before he was rearrested. The escape occurred the day before he was due to stand trial for the murder of Caryn Campbell. The second escape was more successful. He lost weight and slipped through a panel in the ceiling on 1/1/78. It was during this period of freedom that he went on his final killing spree. He was rearrested on 15th February for a traffic offence.

Included in the evidence for the murder of Lisa Levy was forensic odontology. It was shown by studying dental records and x-rays of Bundy's teeth that it was Bundy who had left a bite mark on Levy's bottom.

Thanks to Kathyrn Granzow for the additional information she gave.

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