presentation by: devon and carmen ted bundy. what was his childhood like? born november 24, 1946 ted...

Presentation by: Devon and Carmen

TED BUNDY

WHAT WAS HIS CHILDHOOD LIKE?

• Born November 24, 1946

• Ted and his mother moved with his grandparents to Philadelphia when he was very young

• He was led to believe that his grandparents were his parents, and his birth mother was his older sister

• He was often teased and bullied in junior high school

• In high school, Ted appeared to become well liked

DID CHILDHOOD BEHAVIOR REFLECT PROBLEMS?

• Around the age of 3, he became fascinated by knives.

• Bundy was a shy, but bright child who did well in school, but not with his peers.

• As a teenager, a darker side of his character started to emerge.

WERE THERE ANY PRECURSORS?

• Ted's psychopathic nature was revealed throughout his childhood into college, but the people who witnessed his behavior did not realize the implications of the tendencies he was developing

• He stole without any sense of guilt and but instead a sense of entitlement

• His employers considered him to be unreliable

WHAT WAS HIS ADULT LIFE LIKE?

• After high school, Ted attended college at the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington

• Ted met Stephanie Brooks who was everything he had ever dreamed of in a woman

• She was really Ted's first love and possibly the first woman with whom he became involved with sexually

• She was not as infatuated with Ted as he was with her

• After his girlfriend graduated from the University of Washington, she broke off relations with Ted

• Ted never recovered from the break-up and became obsessed with her and couldn't get her out of his mind

DID HE FINISH HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE?

• He dropped out of college after the break up.

• Re-enrolled at the University of Washington after a little.

BACK TO ADULT LIFE

• He dated Meg Anders for 5 years.

• In 1973 on a business trip to California he met up with his old girlfriend.

WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF HIS CRIMES• Serial Killer

• Rapist

• Thief

• Kidnapper

DID HE MARRY?

• Carole Ann Boone

DID HE HAVE KIDS?

• Yes

WAS HE A LONER?

• No

• Regarded as handsome and charismatic by his young female victims

• Able to seduce his victims to help him

WAS HE EVER DIAGNOSED WITH A MEDICAL DISORDER?

• Classified as a High Factor 1 Psychopath

DID HE RECEIVE TREATMENT?

• Anti-Social Personality Disorder is very difficult to treat.

• People with antisocial personality disorder often do not admit they have a problem that should be treated.

• There is actually a chance that individuals with this disorder may get worse with treatment because they learn more about other psychopaths and use that information.

• Medications may be used to help control symptoms such as irritability or control associated psychological conditions

• With or without treatment, rates of imprisonment and violent death are high among those with antisocial personality disorder

WHAT WAS THE TIMESPAN OF THE MURDERS?

• Between 1974 and 1978

HOW MANY VICTIMS?

• Confessed to 36, estimated at almost 100

• First victim

• Anne Marie Burr

WHAT WAS HIS BEHAVIOR WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT?

• He felt like he could beat the system regardless of all the evidence.

• He escaped multiple times.

WAS HE FOUND CAPABLE OF STANDING TRIAL?

• Yes.

WHAT WAS THE VERDICT?

• July 1979, Bundy was convicted for the two Chi Omega murders.

• Bundy received another death sentence the following year in the murder of Kimberly Leach.

IS HE STILL ALIVE?

• Spent years trying to appeal his death sentences.

• Tried to take his case as high as the U.S. Supreme Court, but was turned down.

• Offered information on some of unsolved murders to avoid the electric chair.

• Executed January 24, 1989 by the electric chair at Raiford Prison in Starke, Florida.

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