![]() ![]() These are all confirmed victims of Bundy. Epley suffered permanent brain damage including partial vision and hearing loss.Īfter the attack on Epley, young women in Washington State began to disappear-at least once a month from February to July 1974. “ He came into my home took a bed frame off of my bed, and smashed my skull,” Epley said. She woke up in a hospital unable to remember exactly what happened. Bundy sexually assaulted Epley and bludgeoned her with a metal bar from her bed. Formerly known as Joni Lenz, Karen Sparks Epley has come forward recently to share her experience in a docu-series, Ted Bundy: Falling For a Killer (2020).īundy broke into Epley’s basement apartment in Washington State. It’s the consensus that his first attack was on January 4, 1974. No one familiar with Bundy’s case knows for certain when he started attacking women. Bundy’s first victim reportedly survived the attack. Most of Bundy’s victims were women in their late teens to early 20s. Bundy eventually confessed to about 30 murders, but investigators believe there were a lot more. Everywhere Bundy lived women turned up missing-Washington, Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Florida. ![]() Not many resisted, and there are some who survived Bundy. Bundy would approach young women and ask them for help carrying books to his car. He would put his arm in a sling, and he also used crutches. And I thought it never occurs to them that if he were free, and he met them on a dark night, they’re just the type of potential victim he would be looking for.” Bundy’s (Zac Efron) true self surfaces as he’s about to strike a victim.īundy preyed on the kindness of others. True crime writer and former Bundy co-worker, Ann Rule, said, “He was like a movie star and if he’d look around, they would all giggle and nudge each other. When interviewed, some of them said that Bundy didn’t look like a murderer. Like a rock star, he had groupies who would show up in the courtroom to see him. He was a friend of ours…we didn’t think he was strange or different.”īundy became a pseudo-celebrity after his arrest. Bundy was the perfect picture of the “guy next-door.” Ralph Munroe, former Secretary of State in Washington State, said, “The Ted Bundy we knew, before there were any accusations, any charges, any arrests or anything, was a very nice guy. He was a law student who was an active member of the Republican Party in Washington State. Those who knew him say he was a bright, articulate man with a promising future. Ted Bundy constructed a perfect mask of sanity through the years. Not to mention those fortunate women who survived Bundy’s attack-they were left scarred for life.īundy received the death penalty for the murders of Florida State University students Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy and the attempted murders of Kathy Kleiner, Karen Ann Chandler, and Cheryl Thomas in January 1978 and the rape and murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach of Lake City, Florida, in February 1978. He had embarked on a killing spree that lasted from the early to late 1970s that took the lives of as many as 30 young women and possibly many more. He affected many lives in the worst way imaginable. Ted Bundy had made an indelible impression on the world. The fraternity served “Bundy burgers” and “electrified hot dogs.” They hung a large banner that read “Watch Ted Fry, See Ted Die.” In Mountain Brook, Alabama, two police officers hosted a “Bundy-cue” and sold t-shirts that said, “First Annual Ted Bundy Barbecue.” Two of Bundy’s victims, Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy were students there. The night before the execution, the Chi Phi Fraternity at Florida State University had an evening cookout. There were celebrations all around the United States as Bundy’s last hours drew near. They chanted “Burn, Bundy, Burn.” They cheered wildly after receiving word that at 7:16 a.m., Ted Bundy, one of history’s most notorious serial killers was pronounced dead. ![]() People sold t-shirts with the phrase “Fry-Day” on them. There was coffee, donuts, beer, and even fireworks. On January 24, 1989, it wasn’t sunrise as usual in Starke, Florida-especially across the street from Florida State Prison. ![]() Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019). ![]()
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