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Ted Bundy: Serial Killer
Ted bundy was a natural born serial killer and rapist during the 1970’s, and claimed to be involved in over 100 killings throughout 7 states in the u.s. With the devious mind he had possessed throughout his famous career as a serial killer, he often had no reason for suspicion and lived a happy life alone. Soon after his first killings, ted had developed a specific pattern of victims, and way of killing them. The fun bundy had been experiencing was about to be over, while sexually assaulting his last victim, he had left bite marks on 12-year-old Kimberly Diane Leach. These marks were identified by forensic scientists, and were proven to be ted bundyś teeth marks on her skin.

Bundy would choose his victims that resembled his high school love Stephanie Brooks. Bundy would prey on females that had resembled stephanie, a young attractive women with long black hair, with a perfect hair part in the middle. Bundy’s last victim would have her last breath on February 9th
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Very soon after being moved to Colorado state prison, Ted Bundy escaped and caused even more destruction to mother’s, father’s, and the family's of his new victims.
Bundy had made his way to Florida and into a college sorority house where he had attacked four students, but left two dead. After the attacks, Bundy had yet again been taken into police custody. Evidence was collected and brought up in his next trial, including an eyewitness, as well as bite marks which were left on one of the students while ted attempted to flee the crime scene... these were identified by forensic scientists.

While in trial, a forensic dental expert was brought to testify against bundy. The bite marks left on his victim were confirmed by two forensic scientists to be bundy’s unique teeth. He was given two separate death sentences for this and immediately taken back to

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