Ted Bundy Biography

During the 1970s, Ted Bundy was on a murder spree and he was connected to at least 36 murders, even though some people think that he actually committed 100 or more. When he was captured the first time, Ted Bundy was locked up in jail and he escaped, then he was captured again eight days later, but he eventually escaped again fleeing to Florida, where he was captured for the last time. He has been profiled as a serial killer, though it is one of the many words people use to describe Bundy. He has also been profiled as a kidnapper, a rapist, and a necrophile. Ted used his intelligence to fight for his life after he was captured for the last time to avoid his death sentence. This action made him a celebrity along with the way he lured his victims

Early Years

Before Bundy became a murderous person, he lived and grew up in a content, working-class family. He was born, Theodore Robert Crowell, on November 24, 1946 by his mother, Eleanor Cowell, at the age of 22 in a home for unwed mothers. After eight weeks, Ted and his mother returned to her parent’s house, where Ted was told a lie to hide the real truth of who he was. To hide the fact he was an illegitimate child, Bundy was raised as the adopted son of his grandparents and was told his mother was his sister (“Ted Bundy Biography” 3). Around age three, Ted became fascinated with knives and showed an interest in the Macabre. Soon, Ted and his mother moved to Tacoma, Washington and started a new life. Ms. Cowell would soon meet a man, Johnnie Bundy, who she would marry and become Mrs. Eleanor Cowell-Bundy. As Ted began to grow up into a teenager, he would become attractive and he continued to do well in school, but Bundy was shy and did not get along with others. He would have the tendency to peer into other people’s window and he stole what he wanted from others. Soon, Bundy would

He was suspected to begin his rampage around 1974 and his murders followed a gruesome pattern. Many of Bundy’s victims resemble college girlfriend and he often raped victims before beating them to death. One day Bundy went to Lake Sammamish and he pretended to needed help with his sailboat. At first, he tried to lure Jennifer Rutledge, but luckily for her she had to go meet up with her husband and some other people because she could have ended up dead. Bundy did find some help after asking Jennifer, and later that day her remains were found. The day had progressed by and no one has reported the missing women and Bundy would return to the park to kidnap another young woman by the name of Denise Naslund. The remains of both women were found in tall grass on a small mountain. Within hours, the positive identification was made out. The remains were those of Denise Naslund and Janice Ott (Larsen 34). Soon many women would go missing in Seattle area and nearby Oregon and stories began to circulate about some of the victims last seen being in the company of a young man known as Ted. Bundy would become a person of interest, but before anything happened, Bundy had graduated from University of Washington and moved to Utah to attend law school. Once Bundy gets to Utah, women begin to start disappearing. In 1974, he would kidnap Carol DaRonch but she escaped from his