The Crimes
Carol DaRonch
Caryn Campbell
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All of Ted Bundy's victims were attractive, young women with long, dark hair that was parted in the middle. He would generally look for his victims at college campuses, and would rape them and then killed them by blunt force trauma.
Police put together that the Taylor Mountains in Washington State was a place that Bundy placed the bodies of many of his victims, and an extensive search was conducted. This search turned up the bodies of three more victims
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Lynda Ann Healy
Georgeann Hawkins
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Trial #1
Bundy went on trial for the first time in Utah on February 23, 1976 for the kidnapping of DaRonch, where he was found guilty and sentenced to a one to fifteen jail sentence. Colorado investigators were not happy with the outcome, and reconvened to find that they had enough evidence to charge Bundy with the murder of Carol Campbell. They filed charges against him for the murder on October 22, 1976.
Bundy decided to represent himself at trial, and was therefore granted library access to do his research. This allowed him to, on June 7, jump out of a window for his escape. The police were able to recapture Bundy in eight days.
Bundy made his second escape while awaiting trial in Garfield County Jail through a ceiling panel. Because his absence went unnoticed, he was able to take a flight to Chicago, and then to Florida. Under the alias Chris Hagen, Bundy was able to support himself through theft
On February 15, 1978, a policeman pulled Bundy over for having stolen license plates, which then resulted in a fight with the officer, and an arrest.
Bundy decided to represent himself at trial, and was therefore granted library access to do his research. This allowed him to, on June 7, jump out of a window for his escape. The police were able to recapture Bundy in eight days.
Bundy made his second escape while awaiting trial in Garfield County Jail through a ceiling panel. Because his absence went unnoticed, he was able to take a flight to Chicago, and then to Florida. Under the alias Chris Hagen, Bundy was able to support himself through theft
- January 14, 1978: At a Florida State University sorority house, four students suffered severe sexual, two of whom died. One of the women was assaulted with a metal hairspray canister, and another had her nipple almost severed. Because the local police were unaware of him, Bundy was able to get away.
- February 9, 1978: 12-year-old Kimberly Leach was taken by Bundy from school, and was then sexually assaulted and strangled
On February 15, 1978, a policeman pulled Bundy over for having stolen license plates, which then resulted in a fight with the officer, and an arrest.
Trial #2
The second trial began on June 25, 1979 in Miami on charges about the attacks on the sorority students. Between the testimony of a survivor, and dental evidence linking him to the attacks, Bundy was found guilty and sentenced to death twice for the murders by means of the electric chair. T
Trial #3
Beginning January 7, 1980, Bundy was tried for the murder of Kimberly Leach, and his defense counsel plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Bundy to be guilty, and the execution stood.
The End
Bundy would not accept his sentencing, and hoped that confessing to murders in Washington would help his plea to resist the electric chair. According to his accounts, his victim count was anywhere from twenty-six to forty women.
On January 24, 1989, Bundy was executed. His remains were cremated and then spread across the Taylor Mountains area.
On January 24, 1989, Bundy was executed. His remains were cremated and then spread across the Taylor Mountains area.