Ted Bundy: The Most Famous Serial Killer

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Most serial killers do not start killing until something bad happens in their life, however, negative life changing experiences such as losing a love one or failing at something you do can change your life in ways you wouldn’t expect. It could make you think things you wouldn’t normally think, or make you do things you probably wouldn’t do also. Things like this could set off an emotional trigger. Ted Bundy, was one of those people who lost a loved one and had a negative life changing experiences and started murdering, raping, torturing women that resembles his ex-girlfriend.

Ted Bundy is probably the most famous serial killer in America. He has murder over thirty-three women but authorities believe he had murdered over more than 100 women. Bundy was around twenty-two when he committed his first murder, but some people believe he was starting killing when he was in his teen years. He was executed in the electric chair on January 24, 1989 in Florida. Bundy most brutal murders are the Chi Omega Murders, and Kimberely Leach murder.

On June 7, 1977 Bundy escaped from the Pitkin County courthouse in Aspen, Colorado. Bundy
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While Bundy was being questioned, he remained calm and unafraid about getting caught for the murder (Ted, 2016). Bundy explained his reason for the items that was found in his car (Ted, 2016). Bundy said he found the handcuffs in a dumpster, and the pantyhose were for skiing (Ted, 2016). They examined the handcuffed and found that they resembled the marks from DaRonch wrist when she was handcuffed (Montaldo, 2016). They brought Carol DaRonch in for a line-up, and she identified Bundy as Officer Rosalind and the man who tried to kidnap her (Montaldo,

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