Ted Bundy the Killer
One of the most famous serial killers of the 20th century is Ted Bundy. In the 1970’s Ted Bundy was a serial killer and rapist that would kidnap young women and overpower them. Ted Bundy would approach his female victims in a public place and then lead them into a private area, where he had already screened before, he would then rape and murder his victim. The estimated number of women Ted Bundy has murder is about 30 in seven states between 1974 and 1978. Ted Bundy kept 12 of his victim heads in his apartment as his trophies. Ted Bundy was convicted of multiple murders he sentenced to death. He was executed by the electric chair in 1989. (Castillo, 2013)
All of Ted Bundy victims were Caucasian women between the ages of 12 and late 20s. They would typically be girls that were in college or university and from a middle class background. The majority of his victims had brown, shoulder length hair that was parted down the middle. Many officers and officials theorized that Bundy’s victims were chosen because of their physical
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Ted Bundy died in the Raiford electric chair at 7:16 a.m. on January 24, 1989; he was 42 years old. He was a High Factor 1 Psychopath that’s means he was intelligent and didn’t really show signs of being a psychopath at a young age. Ted Bundy claimed he was innocent to the very second he died.
The theory of victimization I think best explains the selection of the victim is stranger violence because Bundy or the victim didn’t know each other. Bundy was said to be handsome and charismatic by many of his young female victims, traits he exploited to win their