Ted BundyAmerica’s Most Infamous

Serial Killer

By: Caroline Pratt

Early Life Born on November 24, 1946 Raised by his grandparents Grew up thinking his mother was his sister Biological father was an unknown war veteran

“Jack Worthington?” No dominant father-figure in his life

Socially distant from classmates I didn't know what made things tick. I didn't know what made

people want to be friends. I didn't know what made people attractive to one another. I didn't know what underlay social interactions.”

Fascinated by sex and violence at a young age

University years Remained socially distant

Didn’t have very many friends First girlfriend: Stephanie Brooks (pseudonym)

Personal immaturity Lack of ambition

Second girlfriend: Elizabeth Kloepfer Dated for six years Began a relationship with Stephanie while dating Elizabeth

Neither knew about the other at the time Both women had straight hair which they parted in the middle

Similar to a substantial majority of his future victims

murders First wave: Washington Second wave: Utah and Colorado Third wave: Florida

1974, 1976, and 1978

Victims: at least 30 10 remain unidentified 5 known victims have not been recovered

Profiling: public place, women, middle-class, between 15 and 25, long hair that is parted in the middle…

1974 murders Jan. 4: Joni Lenz (survived). Bludgeoned in her bed as she slept. Feb. 1: Lynda Ann Healy (21). Beaten & bludgeoned unconscious

while asleep and abducted from the house she shared with other University of Washington co-eds.

Mar. 12: Donna Gail Manson (19). Abducted while walking to a jazz concert on The Evergreen State College campus, Olympia, Washington.

Apr. 17: Susan Rancourt (18). Disappeared as she walked across Ellensburg's Central Washington State College campus at night.

May 6: Roberta Kathleen Parks (22). Vanished from Oregon State University in Corvallis while walking to another dorm hall to have coffee with friends.

1974 murders (cont’d) May 25: Brenda Ball (22). Disappeared from the Flame Tavern in

Burien, Washington. Jun. 11: Georgeann Hawkins (18). Disappeared from behind her

sorority house, Kappa Alpha Theta, at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Jul. 14: Janice Ott (23) and Denise Naslund (19), both from Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah, Washington.

Aug. 2: Carol Valenzuela (20). Last seen at a welfare office in Vancouver, Washington.

Oct. 2: Nancy Wilcox (16). Disappeared in Holladay, Utah. Oct. 18: Melissa Smith (17). Vanished from Midvale, Utah on her

way to a friend's house.

1974 murders (cont’d) Oct. 31: Laura Aime (17). Disappeared from a Halloween party at

Lehi, Utah. Nov. 8: Carol DaRonch (survived). Escaped from Bundy by jumping

out from his car in Murray, Utah. Nov. 8: Debra (Debby) Kent (17). Vanished from the parking lot of a

school in Bountiful, Utah, hours after DaRonch escaped from Bundy.

1975 murders Jan. 12: Caryn Campbell (23). While on a ski trip with her fiancé in

Aspen, Colorado, Campbell vanished between the hotel lounge and her room.

Mar. 15: Julie Cunningham (26). Disappeared while on her way to a nearby tavern in Vail, Colorado.

Apr. 6: Denise Oliverson (25). Abducted while visiting her parents in Grand Junction, Colorado.

May 6: Lynette Culver (13). Snatched from a school playground at Alameda Junior High School, Pocatello, Idaho.

June 28: Susan Curtis (15). Disappeared while attending a youth conference at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

July 4: Nancy Baird (23). Disappeared while working at a gas station. Confessed shortly before his execution. Layton, Utah.

1978 murders Jan. 15: Lisa Levy (20), Margaret Bowman (21), Karen Chandler

(survived), Kathy Kleiner Deshields (survived). The Chi Omega killings, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

Jan. 15: Cheryl Thomas (survived). Bludgeoned in her bed, eight blocks away from the Chi Omega Sorority house.

Feb. 9: Kimberly Leach (12), kidnapped from her junior high school in Lake City, Florida. She was raped, murdered and discarded in Suwannee River State Park, Florida.

pattern1. Fake a broken arm or leg2. Lure unsuspecting woman to car to help load books3. Knock her out with a crowbar4. Drag her into the car, unconscious5. Handcuff her6. Take her to “location”7. Rape/sexual assault8. Strangle her to death9. Necrophilia10. Mutilation11. Burial

conviction Arrest: refused to stop for a police officer

Matched picture June 1979: trial for Chi Omega murders

Avoided 3 death sentences before he was killed

Death: January 24th, 1989 at 7:06 a.m. Electric chair

2000 volts of electricity in 2 minutes Pronounced dead at 7:16 a.m.

(There was a crowd outside of the jail… cheering.)

Sources en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/bundy/index_1.html tedbundy.150m.com/main.html http://tedbundy.150m.com/part4.html