Ted Bundy: An American Serial Killer

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This murderer named Ted Bundy is American serial killer and rapist.. He was one of the most notorious criminals in the 20th century. He was born November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont. In the 1970s, he has raped and murdered young women in several states. Ted was connected to at least 36 murders, but some thought that he had committed one hundred or more. He was executed in Florida's electric chair in 1989 for all his crimes. His intelligence and his good looks some say made him something of a celebrity during his trial. Which in his case inspired many novels and films about serial killers. He had a violent temper and had a mild taste for pornagraphy. Ted Bundy showed an unusual interest in the macabre at an early age which terrified …show more content…
The victims that known his college girlfriend is when people think he began his murders. His killings also usually followed a gruesome pattern. First what he done was raped the women that he met up with then beat them the death. The exact number of women Bundy killed will never been known and also began some debate on when he started killing. Most of the sources say that he began killing at the year of 1974. Bundy had graduated from University of Washington with a degree in psychology in 1972 and had been accepted to law school in Utah. As crazy as it sounds he even got a letter of recommendation from the Republican governor of Washington after working on his campaign. He had this scheme by luring his victims into his car by pretending to be injured and asking for their help. Sadly their kindness was the fate of their death. He was pulled over later that year and the police found a crowbar, a face mask, rope and handcuffs. This let the police link him to other …show more content…
He then was arrested and was sentenced to a one- to-fifteen year sentence. But two years later Bundy was convicted of murder charges for the death of a young Colorado woman. When he went to court he chose to be his own lawyer. On his way to a courthouse he jumped out the window and got away. Then Bundy was found eight days later. He would not give it up because he once again escaped from prison by crawling through a hole he made in the roof and lost 30 pounds to pull off this stunt. The crazy thing is he that the prison guards didn’t even realize he was missing 15 hours later. He went off to Tallahassee, Florida. He broke into the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University on the night of January 14, 1978. He attack four of the women he saw and killed two of them. Ted Bundy’s last years was spent by him appealing his death sentence. Bundy even offered to tell some of unsolved murders to avoid Florida's electric chair, but he could not stop the justice that had to be served. Bundy even offered information on some of unsolved murders to avoid Florida's electric chair, but he could not delay justice forever. Ted Bundy died in the Florida's electric chair in January 24, 1989. He was a sexual, abusive, rapest that killed many young ladies and was an infamous and inspired novelist that interview serial killers. Many say he was a really smart man and

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