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Ted Bundy

  • Birth

    His mother was Eleanor Louise Cowell, normally called Louise, he was born at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers in Burlington, Vermont. His birth certificate says his father was a salesman/Air Force veteran named Lloyed Marshall. His mother later claimed his father was a sailor named Jack Worthington. Investigators later found no record of any Jack Worthington.
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    Early Experience

    Bundy's aunt Juliaclaimed she woke up one morning to knives around her in a circle and her 3 year old nephew casually looking up at her.
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    Moving to Washington

    In 1950 Louise changed her name to Louise Nelson, left Philadelphia and took her son to live with cousins in Tacoma, Washington. Her cousins were Alan and Jane Scott.
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    Louise's Marrige

    Louise met a hospital cook names Johnny Culpepper Bundy, and later that year they married and Ted took on his name. Johnny tried everything to include Bundy into the family and to get along with Bundy, but Bundy was always distant towards Johnny.
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    Years growing up

    Bundy got into a lot of illegal things growing up. He spent his days alone wandering the streets of Tacoma, searching for pictures of naked women, and drinking alcohol. He really liked to ski, he often forged lift tickets and stole equipment to ski. He was caught and arrested at least twice for burglary and auto theft. The records were exponged when Bundy graduated high school.
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    University Years

    Bundy first went to University of Puget Sound (UPS), but that only lasted a year. He transferred to University of Washington (UW) to stuay Chinese. He dropped out in 1968 and began working at medium-wage jobs. He volunteered at the Seatle office of Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaign. Later that year he went to the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami, as a delegate for Rockfeller. He enrolled in Temple University for a semester later on.
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    Found Out True Parentage

    Bundy found his original Birth Cirtificate in Vermont. He found out that his birth-father might've been his maternal grandfather,Samuel Cowell.
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    University Years Cont.

    He met a girl named Elizabeth Kloepfer, and fell in love. In mid-1970 he attended University of Washington (UW) again, but this time he enrolled as a pshycology major. He graduated UW in 1972. He was accepted into law schools in University of Utah, and University of Puget Sound. In January of 1974, he disappered. He left Law school and broke of all contact with Kloepfer. This is when he started to officially murder.
  • Murder

    Karen Sparks was Bludgeoned and sexually assaulted as she slept. She survived.
  • Muder

    Lynda Ann Healy was Bludgeoned while asleep and abducted. They found her skull and madible at Taylor mountain site.
  • Death

    Finally carried out death by electric chair for his murders. This was carried out at Raiford Prison in Starke, Florida