Analysis of Ted Bundy
Analysis of Ted Bundy Serial Killer Monique Victoria Leston John Jay College Of Criminal Justice
Abstract
This paper will be an analysis of Theodore Robert Bundy a famous serial murderer who killed over a span of 4 years in the 70’s. This paper will discuss some of the developmental and situational factors that might have contributed to his reign of terror. It will also discuss the early years of his life as well as touch base on some of his crimes.
Introduction
Theodore Robert Bundy was born on November 24, 1946 to Eleanor Louise Cowell, he was born at the Elizabeth Lund Home for unwed mothers. He was conceived out of wedlock , his father was unknown but it was listed on his birth certificate it was a sailor by the name of
Jack Worthington. Who his mother supposedly had a fling with but that could never be proven(Sullivan, 2009). Since Bundy was born out of wedlock and his mother did not want to be the talk of the town, she led everyone to believe that Ted was her brother and her parents were his parents and she lived this way for 4 years in Burlington Vermont with her parents until she decided to leave town and take Ted with her. After about 4 years Ted and his mother moved out of Burlington Vermont and they settled in Tacoma Washington where his mother legally changed his last name to Nelson, for reasons which is still not clear. But within a year Louise Cowell met a young man by the name of Johnny Culpepper Bundy and they were married, and that’s when
Ted’s last name was changed again for good to Bundy(Sullivan, 2009). Bundy grew up in Tacoma Washington and he graduated from Woodrow Wilson
Highschool. He was not very popular, kept pretty much to himself. He was quoted as saying he really did not know how to interact in a group. He would mimic people’s actions and responses in order to appear in a social setting(Aynesworth, 2000). It is not known how early in life Ted Bundy began
Abstract
This paper will be an analysis of Theodore Robert Bundy a famous serial murderer who killed over a span of 4 years in the 70’s. This paper will discuss some of the developmental and situational factors that might have contributed to his reign of terror. It will also discuss the early years of his life as well as touch base on some of his crimes.
Introduction
Theodore Robert Bundy was born on November 24, 1946 to Eleanor Louise Cowell, he was born at the Elizabeth Lund Home for unwed mothers. He was conceived out of wedlock , his father was unknown but it was listed on his birth certificate it was a sailor by the name of
Jack Worthington. Who his mother supposedly had a fling with but that could never be proven(Sullivan, 2009). Since Bundy was born out of wedlock and his mother did not want to be the talk of the town, she led everyone to believe that Ted was her brother and her parents were his parents and she lived this way for 4 years in Burlington Vermont with her parents until she decided to leave town and take Ted with her. After about 4 years Ted and his mother moved out of Burlington Vermont and they settled in Tacoma Washington where his mother legally changed his last name to Nelson, for reasons which is still not clear. But within a year Louise Cowell met a young man by the name of Johnny Culpepper Bundy and they were married, and that’s when
Ted’s last name was changed again for good to Bundy(Sullivan, 2009). Bundy grew up in Tacoma Washington and he graduated from Woodrow Wilson
Highschool. He was not very popular, kept pretty much to himself. He was quoted as saying he really did not know how to interact in a group. He would mimic people’s actions and responses in order to appear in a social setting(Aynesworth, 2000). It is not known how early in life Ted Bundy began
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