Ted Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell) was an American serial killer, rapist, hebephile, ephebophile, and necrophiliac in the late 70’s who was raised by his grandparents because his mother Louise had him out of wedlock. It is believed that while living with his grandparents Ted was traumatized by his grandfather (Hickey 2015). His grandfather (Samuel Cowell) kept an extensive collection of "odd" pornography in his greenhouse that consisted of violent nature; rape and torture. Later, he and his mother would move to a new place where she met and married his stepfather who adopted him thus taking his last name. During his early childhood Bundy began to have problems socializing with kids his age; he was an introvert and shy but most of …show more content…
Bundy was no fool, he committed his crimes and hide the bodies in several locations where they weren’t found for years. Bundy also kept a collection of photos of his victims that he took with a Polaroid camera as a way of remembering the crimes. His murders took place in different states until he had different law enforcement agencies looking for him. He confessed to visiting his victims he dumped at a site in Taylor Mountain to dress them up and have sex with their corpses. In 1977, investigators had found enough evidence to charge Bundy with the January 1975 murder of Caryn Campbell, who had disappeared while on a ski trip. From there, he escaped through a window but was pulled over in a stolen car for having dimmed headlights and arrested again. He was placed in a jail in Glenwood Springs, from which he escaped on December 30, 1977, by somehow getting his hands on a hacksaw and $500 and getting out through a crawlspace. By the time the jail staff realized that he was missing, he had already made his way to Chicago. After then spending some time at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and in Atlanta, he settled at Tallahassee, Florida on January 8, where he supported himself through shoplifting and purse snatching. On January 15, 1978, Bundy committed his first murders in almost two-and-a-half years. He broke into the Chi Omega sorority at the Florida State University, raped, strangled, and bludgeoned students Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman. On February 9, 1978, Bundy committed his last known murder when he abducted 12-year-old Kimberly Leach outside her school, raped and killed her. On February 15, he was arrested for driving a stolen vehicle. The police quickly linked him to the sorority murders and Bundy received two death sentences; one for the