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Case File: The Search for Georgann Hawkins, 1989

Posted on May 27, 2020May 6, 2021 by Tiffany J

On January 20 and 22, 1989, Ted Bundy sat down with King County Detective Robert Keppel to give his final confessions. As a gesture of good faith, and with the hope of…

The Presentence Investigation Report, 1976

Posted on May 12, 2020October 22, 2022 by Tiffany J

In March 1976 Salt Lake City district court Judge Stewart Hanson ordered a presentence investigation report for Ted Bundy after his conviction in the Carol DaRonch kidnapping case. The judge wanted more information about Bundy’s life, as his clean-cut, law student exterior clashed with the violent crime he had been found guilty of committing. Don Hull with the Utah Department of Probation and Parole was assigned to investigate his background and reported the results to Judge Hanson before final sentencing.

Case File: Melissa Smith, 1974

Posted on April 3, 2020October 22, 2022 by Tiffany J

Seventeen-year-old Melissa Smith disappeared the night of October 18, 1974 while walking home from a pizza restaurant in Midvale, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Her nude, beaten, and strangled body was discovered by hunters nine days later in a wooded area. While Ted Bundy never admitted to her murder, when directly asked during his final confessions he did not deny it either. This is her case file.

Salt Lake City Police Surveillance Logs, 1975

Posted on February 25, 2020May 6, 2021 by Tiffany J

After Ted’s arrest on August 16, 1975, Salt Lake area police quickly put two and two together, tying him to the kidnapping of Carol DaRonch from nearly a year earlier. By early September, police from multiple jurisdictions were working together to follow the young law student and watch his campus-area home on the Avenues.

The Police Interviews, 1975-1978

Posted on February 4, 2020October 22, 2022 by Tiffany J

In late summer of 1975, Salt Lake area police decided they needed to look into Ted Bundy’s associates: his neighbors, friends, girlfriends, and employers. This is what they had to say.

The Police Interviews: Liz Kloepfer, 1975

Posted on January 27, 2020May 6, 2021 by Tiffany J

Elizabeth Kloepfer had been Ted Bundy’s girlfriend for nearly six years by the time he was arrested in Salt Lake City. After he became a suspect in the DaRonch kidnapping and Kent…

The Unconfirmed Cases: Joyce Margaret LePage, 1971

Posted on January 21, 2020March 31, 2022 by Tiffany J

This is an installment of my ongoing “unconfirmed” case study series. All of these cases have been connected to Ted Bundy in some way, whether by active investigation or later speculation, but…

The Other Girlfriends, 1968-1976

Posted on January 17, 2020January 17, 2023 by Tiffany J

Several other women were romantically linked to Ted Bundy besides his well-known girlfriends Diane Edwards, Liz Kloepfer, and Carole Boone. While less discussed than his major relationships, all of these women had interesting stories to share about their time with Ted both before and during his murders.

Case File: Debra Jean Kent, 1974

Posted on January 5, 2020January 11, 2022 by Tiffany J

The following are excerpts from the Bountiful Police Department’s file on the missing person case of seventeen year old Debra Jean Kent. Ted Bundy confessed to Debra’s murder two days before his…

Trial Transcript: Theodore Bundy, Part II, 1976

Posted on December 28, 2019October 22, 2022 by Tiffany J

This is the cross examination of Ted Bundy by David Yocom, Assistant Salt Lake County prosecutor, in the Carol DaRonch kidnapping trial. Bruce Lubeck and John O’Connell were Bundy’s defense attorneys. The testimony occurred on Thursday February 26, 1976.

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