Meeting People: Ted Bundy

Theodore Robert Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. After more than a decade of denials, he confessed to 30 murders committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. His true victim total is unknown.

His Other names: - Chris Hagen - Kenneth Misner - Officer Roseland - Richard Burton - Rolf Miller Spouse: Carole Ann Boone 1 Child Escaped June 7, 1977 – June 13, 1977 December 30, 1977 – February 15, 1978 Victims 20 confirmed 30 confessed 36+ suspected Criminal penalty Two death sentences (1979, 1980) 1 to 15 years in prison (1976)

Bundy often employed charm to disguise his murderous intent when kidnapping victims, and extended this tactic vis-a-vis law enforcement, the media and the criminal justice system to maintain his claims of innocence. His usual technique involved approaching a female in public and luring her to a vehicle parked in a more secluded area, at which point she would be beaten unconscious, restrained with handcuffs and taken elsewhere to be sexually assaulted and killed.