“The Lady Killer”
“The Campus Killer”
• Ted Bundy was born on November 24, 1946 to his mother
out of wedlock when she was only 20 years old
• To hide the fact Bundy was an illegitimate child, he was
raised as the adopted son of his grandparents and was
told that his mother was his sister
• A few years later, Bundy moved with his mother and
shortly after she got married and have several more
children
• By the age of 3, Bundy became fascinated with knives
• He was still considered average and bright in school but
not very social with his peers
• Bundy started to peer in
other people's windows
and steal regularly as a
teenager
• He studied at the
University of Washington
and fell in love with a
woman from California
• She broke up with him
because he did not seem
like he had a future
• Many of Bundy’s victims
resembled this girl
• Bundy graduated with
a degree in psychology
in 1972
• In 1974, he began law
school in Utah
Year
Crime
1974
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Several murders in Oregon and Utah
including a police chief’s daughter
Kidnapping
1975
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Arrested for possession of tools—a
crowbar, a face mask, rope and
handcuffs
1977
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Escaped twice from prison
It was discovered that he lived under
2 assumed names - Christopher
Hagen and Kenneth Misner
1978
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Invaded the Chi Omega sorority on
the Florida State University campus
where he bludgeoned 4 girls, killing 2
Broke into the house of another
woman and beat her severely (last
living victim)
Kidnapped 12 year old Kimberly
Leach, raped her and sliced her
throat
Arrested by Pensacola police when
they did a check on his license
plates and realized his car was stolen
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• February 15, 1978
• Bludgeoned and murdered Margaret Bowman and
Lisa Levy Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State
University
• Evidence
• Nita Neary's testimony of what she had seen the night of the
murders
• Testimony from Dr. Lavine
• Analysis of the bite mark left on the body of Lisa Levy
• Convicted of:
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Robbery
Attempted 1st degree murder
Attempted kidnapping
Aggravated kidnapping
- kidnapping means kidnapping accompanied by some
aggravating factor (weapon, ransom etc.)
• First-degree murder
- generally a killing which is deliberate and premeditated
• Was sentenced to the electric chair on January 24,
1989 in Starke, Florida
• Admitted to 36 murders
• Many investigators believe that the real total is much higher
• Seattle, Washington:
31 January 1974 - Lynda Healy, 21
12 March 1974 - Donna Manson, 19
17 April 1974 - Susan Rancourt, 18
6 May 1974 - Roberta Parks, 22
1 June 1974 - Brenda Ball, 22
11 June 1974 - Georgann Hawkins, 18
14 July 1974 - Janice Ott, 23
14 July 1974 - Denise Naslund, 19
• Salt Lake City, Utah:
2 October 1974 - Nancy Wilcox, 16
18 October 1974 - Melissa Smith, 17
31 October 1974 - Laura Aime, 17
8 November 1974 - Debby Kent, 17
• Aspen, Colorado:
12 January 1975 - Caryn Campbell, 23
• Tallahassee, Florida:
15 January 1978 - Margaret Bowman, 21
15 January 1978 - Lisa Levy, 20
9 February 1978 - Kimberly Leach, 12
details. It's like changing a tire. The first time you're
careful. By the thirtieth time, you can't remember where
you left the lug wrench.”
“You learn what you need to kill and take care of the
“I want to master life and death.”
“The fantasy that accompanies and generates the
anticipation that precedes the crime is always more
stimulating than the immediate aftermath of the crime
itself.”
“We all go a little mad sometimes.”
“Possessing them physically as one would possess a potted plant, a painting or a
Porsche. Owing, as it were, this individual.”
• I think that the Anomie Theory best describes Ted
Bundy’s crimes. Bundy was an illegitimate child and
thought his mother was his sister for part of his life.
Also, he was socially unaccepted as a child, and
dumped by the “love of his life” in college, Bundy
began to give up on culturally defined goals. He felt
like the goals that were given to him were
unattainable. More so, that he did not have the
opportunities to reach them. Because of this, Bundy
gave up on these goals.
• Instead, he turned to something that had been
inside him long before. Bundy rebelled against what
was normal and sought out to do something that
made him feel accomplished, not what
accomplished is defined by society. Bundy felt like
he could not achieve society’s set goals. Therefore,
he created his own that were completely opposite
against society. He wanted to be known for
something. Bundy saw his crimes as an
achievement.
• I think that Ted Bundy should most certainly be
punished for the crimes that he committed.
Although Bundy’s psychological health seems to be
strained, I do not think that there are any methods
that could possibly change him. If someone were to
try to rehabilitate Bundy, I feel as if he would use his
manipulation and charm to do whatever it takes to
make them think that he is “cured”. There is no
amount of treatment that can help this man;
Bundy’s problems are rooted even deeper. For all
the crimes he has committed, for the families of the
victims, Bundy should be punished.
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Ted Bundy is an American serial killer, rapist,
kidnapper, and necrophile who assaulted and
murdered numerous young women and girls during
the 1970s and possibly earlier.
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After more than a decade of denials, he confessed
shortly before his execution to 36 homicides
committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978;
the true total remains unknown, and could be much
higher.