Ted Bundy is a famous serial killer and rapist. But like every person he has a story and a child hood behind it. Ted was born November 24, 1946 (Ediitors, 2007). His mother was a single mom and in that time period that was not well accepted. His mom was Elanor Cowell and his father is still unknown. His grandparents ended up raising him to save his mother the trouble. His grandparents are Samuel Cowell and Elanor Cowell (Ediitors, 2007). When he was five his mother married John Culpepper Bundy who was a military cook. Ted Bundy took his last name at that point. As a kid ted exhibited signs of a sad life. Ted was caught and tried as a juvenile for theft. The charges were dismissed for being a minor. As a Kid he also stated he would wander …show more content…
The following year he attended University of Puget Sound. In 1966 he transferred to University of Washington. He then dropped out then re attended college then dropped out again then in 1974 he re enrolled at the University of Utah to study law. In those gaps Ted had several jobs one working at a suicide hotline in 1971. He worked alongside Ann Rule a well know criminal writer. As previously stated as a kid he showed many traits of becoming a serial killer. As of January 1974 he attempted his first murder. It was of an 18 year old girl in her sleep. His attempt failed she was still alive after being beaten and sexually assaulted/raped. Her friends found her laying in her bed face smashed in pillow in a pool of blood with a rod shoved in her vagina. Two weeks later he broke into the house of another women and beaten her to death. They found her with no head. This is where he has found the passion for killing and where it all begins. During the next six months Ted continued to kill. He had a total of 8 dead now in those 6 months. During that time period he worked at Washington State Department of Emergency Services. Ted continues to kill and kidnap young girls. Until he was arrested in August 1974 for