Study of Serial Killer Ted Bundy Ted Bundy: Study of a Serial K

Ted Bundy was actually born Theodore Robert Cowell on November 24, 1946. His mother Louise Cowell had spent time at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers in Vermont, as BundyÆs biological father was not part of LouiseÆs life (Larsen, 1980, p. 12). He was an Air Force veteran, but Bundy never had a relationship with his father during his life. Just after his birth, he and his mother moved to Philadelphia, where LouiseÆs parents lived (Michaud & Aynesworth, 1983, p. 8). For much of his childhood and adolescence, Bundy was told that his grandparents were his parents and that Louise was his older sister. This was done so that Louise would not have to deal with the shame and criticism that came with being an unwed mother in the 1950s (Michaud & Ayneswroth, 1989, p. 18).

When Bundy was four years old, he and his mother

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satisfaction from torturing and killing women. The fact that Bundy was able to exercise complete control over his victims was intensely exciting for him, and motivated him to continue committing his crimes (Michaud & Aynesworth, 1989, p. 99). To fully understand the type of serial killer that Bundy was, it is best to consider specific victims and the modus operandi that he employed in his attacks. As previously mentioned, Bundy would often use a fake cast to make himself appear more vulnerable and harmless to lure unsuspecting victims to his car. That was the way in which he trapped his victims during the bulk of his killing spree (Michaud & Aynesworth, 1983, p. 154). However, there were some notable exceptions to this pattern, which will now be discussed. BundyÆs first victim was eighteen year old Joni Lenz. On the afternoon of January 4, 1974, LenzÆ roommates became concerned when she still had not emerged from her bedroom. They ventured into her basement room to see if she was feeling ill, and were confronted with a sickening scene. Lenz had been savagely beaten with a metal rod that had been removed from her bed. She was lying in a pool of blood, and her head and face were disfigured with gruesome wounds.
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