Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy (November 24, 1946 - January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who between 1974 and 1979 killed about 2 dozen young women in Washington, Utah, Colorado and Florida. He is believed to have been a sociopath. He was intelligent, educated, personable, handsome, got along well with women, but nevertheless regularly brutally murdered them usually with a blunt instrument, sometimes by strangulation. Seldom seen, he seldom left any clues. Captured in Utah and convicted of assault he was extradited to Colorado. While on trial for murder he attempted escape twice, succeeding the second time and fleeing to Florida. Convicted there of murder he was sentenced to death by judge Edward Cowart and executed in the electric chair. Ironically, because of the long appeals process, he would in fact outlive Cowart.

In Salt Lake City, Utah on November 8, 1974, Carol DaRonch narrowly escaped abduction by Bundy.

While under sentence of death, he was tried again and handed another death sentence by judge Wallace Jopling. During this second trial, he married Carole Ann Boone while she was on the witness stand.

In October 1982, his wife gave birth to their only child.

"I bear you no animosity. But you went the wrong way, partner. Take care of yourself." --Judge Edward Cowart when sentencing Bundy

Further Reading

• Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule, W.W. Norton, 2000, hardcover, 456 pages, ISBN 0393050297 Updated 20th anniversary edition