Ted Bundy

Theodore "Ted" Bundy was an American serial killer who murdered multiple young women and girls across several states during the 1970s. He confessed to 30 killings shortly before his execution, though the true number remains uncertain and is believed by some investigators to be higher.

Pattern and capture

Bundy often approached victims by feigning injury or authority to gain their trust. He escaped custody twice before being recaptured in Florida in 1978, where he was convicted of additional murders committed after his escape.

Trial

His trials drew intense media attention, partly because Bundy represented himself in parts of the proceedings. He was convicted on multiple counts of murder in Florida and sentenced to death.

Execution

Bundy was executed by electric chair in Florida in January 1989, after roughly a decade on death row. His case remains one of the most studied in American criminal history.