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he broke into the basement bedroom of Joni Lenz, an eighteen-year-old Washington student. Her room-mates found her the next morning brutally beaten and sexually abused with a metal rod from her bed.
His first identifiable murder came a month later when he abducted Lynda Ann Healy from her student home. This twenty-one-year-old radio announcer became the first of a long line of young women who would suffer and die at the hands of Ted Bundy. Pretty, slender and with centre-parted long blonde hair, these college girls bore a startling resemblance to Stephanie Brooks. Many have suggested Bundy was still trying to even the score, seeing his ex-fiancée in the women he snatched from college campuses.
S NATCHED A T L AKE S AMMAMISH
By the summer, Bundy had perfected his usual routine. Playing an injured man in need of assistance, often sporting a sling or a cast for added effect, he would exploit the good natures of the girls who would help with a pile of books to his Volkswagen Beetle. A blow to the head from a concealed crowbar was their only reward.
On 14 July 1974, his compulsion to kill escalating, Bundy descended on the crowded beach at Lake Sammamish. In broad daylight, he asked a number of attractive females for help with a boat he needed to unload. Many declined, some even got as far as the car before having second thoughts, yet two girls – Janice Ott and Denise Naslund – were both led unwittingly to their deaths.
King County detectives canvassing those present at the lake, several of whom had witnessed the two victims being escorted away, managed to build a solid description of both suspect and car. Fliers depicting a sketch of the killer flooded the Seattle area. Lost among the hundreds of tips the police received were calls from both his girlfriend and psychology professor.
Missing these accurate leads allowed Bundy to continue his murder spree, moving to Utah where he sodomised then strangled Melissa Smith and Laura Aime in a two-week period. The following month he altered his modus operandi, pretending to be a police officer to lure Carol DaRonch to his Beetle. She managed to fight her way out of the car and gain her freedom from the fake Officer Roseland. Undeterred by such setbacks, Bundy persevered killing another six women over the next eight months, five in Colorado – the fourth state to be blackened by his evil.
H ALF H OUR O F H ELL
The authorities finally caught up with the elusive coed killer on 16 August 1975 when his VW Beetle ran a red light in Granger, Salt Lake City. A search of the car revealed a ski mask, crowbar, rope and handcuffs identical to those used during the attempted abduction of DaRonch. Singled out from a seven-man identity parade, Bundy was promptly charged with kidnapping and ultimately convicted on 1 March 1976, receiving a fifteen-year sentence in Utah State Prison.
His court appearances did not end there. Wanting him for the murder of Caryn Campbell, the neighbouring state of Colorado requested his extradition. During a court recess, Bundy – acting as his own defence – was allowed to visit the court library. From here he jumped through a second-storey window and escaped via the snowy trails of Aspen Mountain.
Evading bloodhounds and trackers for six days, he was eventually recaptured only to escape a second time six months later through a ceiling crawlspace above his jail cell. Travelling via Chicago, Bundy arrived in Tallahassee, Florida, renting a room under the name Chris Hagen, growing a moustache to alter his appearance. Within days the chameleon-like killer struck again with unparalleled force.
In the first few hours of Sunday 15 January 1978, Ted Bundy crept into Florida State’s Chi Omega sorority house and strangled Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, who he also viciously raped. Next, he attacked two more girls with a log before being interrupted by a sister returning from a party. The whole encounter took less than half an hour.
His
His first identifiable murder came a month later when he abducted Lynda Ann Healy from her student home. This twenty-one-year-old radio announcer became the first of a long line of young women who would suffer and die at the hands of Ted Bundy. Pretty, slender and with centre-parted long blonde hair, these college girls bore a startling resemblance to Stephanie Brooks. Many have suggested Bundy was still trying to even the score, seeing his ex-fiancée in the women he snatched from college campuses.
S NATCHED A T L AKE S AMMAMISH
By the summer, Bundy had perfected his usual routine. Playing an injured man in need of assistance, often sporting a sling or a cast for added effect, he would exploit the good natures of the girls who would help with a pile of books to his Volkswagen Beetle. A blow to the head from a concealed crowbar was their only reward.
On 14 July 1974, his compulsion to kill escalating, Bundy descended on the crowded beach at Lake Sammamish. In broad daylight, he asked a number of attractive females for help with a boat he needed to unload. Many declined, some even got as far as the car before having second thoughts, yet two girls – Janice Ott and Denise Naslund – were both led unwittingly to their deaths.
King County detectives canvassing those present at the lake, several of whom had witnessed the two victims being escorted away, managed to build a solid description of both suspect and car. Fliers depicting a sketch of the killer flooded the Seattle area. Lost among the hundreds of tips the police received were calls from both his girlfriend and psychology professor.
Missing these accurate leads allowed Bundy to continue his murder spree, moving to Utah where he sodomised then strangled Melissa Smith and Laura Aime in a two-week period. The following month he altered his modus operandi, pretending to be a police officer to lure Carol DaRonch to his Beetle. She managed to fight her way out of the car and gain her freedom from the fake Officer Roseland. Undeterred by such setbacks, Bundy persevered killing another six women over the next eight months, five in Colorado – the fourth state to be blackened by his evil.
H ALF H OUR O F H ELL
The authorities finally caught up with the elusive coed killer on 16 August 1975 when his VW Beetle ran a red light in Granger, Salt Lake City. A search of the car revealed a ski mask, crowbar, rope and handcuffs identical to those used during the attempted abduction of DaRonch. Singled out from a seven-man identity parade, Bundy was promptly charged with kidnapping and ultimately convicted on 1 March 1976, receiving a fifteen-year sentence in Utah State Prison.
His court appearances did not end there. Wanting him for the murder of Caryn Campbell, the neighbouring state of Colorado requested his extradition. During a court recess, Bundy – acting as his own defence – was allowed to visit the court library. From here he jumped through a second-storey window and escaped via the snowy trails of Aspen Mountain.
Evading bloodhounds and trackers for six days, he was eventually recaptured only to escape a second time six months later through a ceiling crawlspace above his jail cell. Travelling via Chicago, Bundy arrived in Tallahassee, Florida, renting a room under the name Chris Hagen, growing a moustache to alter his appearance. Within days the chameleon-like killer struck again with unparalleled force.
In the first few hours of Sunday 15 January 1978, Ted Bundy crept into Florida State’s Chi Omega sorority house and strangled Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, who he also viciously raped. Next, he attacked two more girls with a log before being interrupted by a sister returning from a party. The whole encounter took less than half an hour.
His
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