Transcript Ted Bundy
TED BUNDY Presentation by: Devon and Carmen WHAT WAS HIS CHILDHOOD LIKE? • Born November 24, 1946 • Ted and his mother moved with his grandparents to Philadelphia when he was very young • He was led to believe that his grandparents were his parents, and his birth mother was his older sister • He was often teased and bullied in junior high school • In high school, Ted appeared to become well liked DID CHILDHOOD BEHAVIOR REFLECT PROBLEMS? • Around the age of 3, he became fascinated by knives. • Bundy was a shy, but bright child who did well in school, but not with his peers. • As a teenager, a darker side of his character started to emerge. WERE THERE ANY PRECURSORS? • Ted's psychopathic nature was revealed throughout his childhood into college, but the people who witnessed his behavior did not realize the implications of the tendencies he was developing • He stole without any sense of guilt and but instead a sense of entitlement • His employers considered him to be unreliable WHAT WAS HIS ADULT LIFE LIKE? • After high school, Ted attended college at the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington • Ted met Stephanie Brooks who was everything he had ever dreamed of in a woman • She was really Ted's first love and possibly the first woman with whom he became involved with sexually • She was not as infatuated with Ted as he was with her • After his girlfriend graduated from the University of Washington, she broke off relations with Ted • Ted never recovered from the break-up and became obsessed with her and couldn't get her out of his mind DID HE FINISH HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE? • He dropped out of college after the break up. • Re-enrolled at the University of Washington after a little. BACK TO ADULT LIFE • He dated Meg Anders for 5 years. • In 1973 on a business trip to California he met up with his old girlfriend. WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF HIS CRIMES • Serial Killer • Rapist • Thief • Kidnapper DID HE MARRY? • Carole Ann Boone DID HE HAVE KIDS? • Yes WAS HE A LONER? • No • Regarded as handsome and charismatic by his young female victims • Able to seduce his victims to help him WAS HE EVER DIAGNOSED WITH A MEDICAL DISORDER? • Classified as a High Factor 1 Psychopath DID HE RECEIVE TREATMENT? • Anti-Social Personality Disorder is very difficult to treat. • People with antisocial personality disorder often do not admit they have a problem that should be treated. • There is actually a chance that individuals with this disorder may get worse with treatment because they learn more about other psychopaths and use that information. • Medications may be used to help control symptoms such as irritability or control associated psychological conditions • With or without treatment, rates of imprisonment and violent death are high among those with antisocial personality disorder WHAT WAS THE TIMESPAN OF THE MURDERS? • Between 1974 and 1978 HOW MANY VICTIMS? • Confessed to 36, estimated at almost 100 • First victim • Anne Marie Burr WHAT WAS HIS BEHAVIOR WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT? • He felt like he could beat the system regardless of all the evidence. • He escaped multiple times. WAS HE FOUND CAPABLE OF STANDING TRIAL? • Yes. WHAT WAS THE VERDICT? • July 1979, Bundy was convicted for the two Chi Omega murders. • Bundy received another death sentence the following year in the murder of Kimberly Leach. IS HE STILL ALIVE? • Spent years trying to appeal his death sentences. • Tried to take his case as high as the U.S. Supreme Court, but was turned down. • Offered information on some of unsolved murders to avoid the electric chair. • Executed January 24, 1989 by the electric chair at Raiford Prison in Starke, Florida. BIBLIOGRAPHY • Bell, Rachael. "The Ted Bundy Story — Attack!" <crimelibrary>. tru tv, n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2013. <http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/bundy/index_1.html>. • Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2013. <http://www.biography.com/people/ted-bundy9231165?page=1>. • The Biography Channel. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2013. <http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/ted-bundy.html>. • "Bundy's wife is pregnant-- but she refuses to kiss, tell." Desert News [Starke, FL] 29 Sept. 1981: 8D. Print. • Murderpedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2013. <http://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/bundy-tedvictims.htm>. • Psychohelp. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. <http://www.psychohelp.at/h/college/abnormal/aspd.shtml>. • "Ted Bundy - Ted Bundy Gets Caught." About.com. Ed. Charles Montaldo. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. <http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/tedbundy2.htm>.