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Ted Bundy

Also known as Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy, Theodore Robert Cowell, Teddy, Theodore Robert Bundy

Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978. His modus operandi typically consisted of convincing his target that he was in need of assistance or duping them into believing he was an authority figure. He would then lure his victim to his vehicle, at which point he would bludgeon them unconscious, then restrain them with handcuffs before driving them to a remote location to be sexually assaulted and killed.

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Ted Bundy was an American serial killer who murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978 by luring them to his vehicle under false pretenses, then transporting them to remote locations where he sexually assaulted and killed them. His case became historically significant because his methods—manipulating victims through deception and authority—and his seemingly normal public appearance challenged how society understood criminal psychology and predatory behavior.

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Height: 178
Number of children: 1

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Commons category: Ted Bundy
date of birth: 1946-11-24
date of death: 1989-01-24
Commons gallery: Ted Bundy
birth name: Theodore Robert Cowell
start of work period: 1974-00-00
end of work period: 1978-00-00
pseudonym: Richard Burton
name in native language: Theodore Robert Bundy
number of victims of killer: 30

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Theodore Robert Bundy (né Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls throughout 1974, 1975, and 1978. His modus operandi typically consisted of convincing his target that he was in need of assistance or duping them into believing he was an authority figure. He would then lure his victim to his vehicle, at which point he would bludgeon them unconscious, then restrain them with handcuffs before driving them to a remote location to be sexually assaulted and killed.

Bundy killed his first definitively-known victim in February 1974 in Washington, and his later crimes stretched to Oregon, Colorado, Utah and Idaho. He frequently revisited the bodies of his victims, grooming and performing sex acts on the corpses until decomposition and destruction by wild animals made further interactions impossible. Along with the murders, Bundy was also a prolific burglar, and on a few occasions he broke into homes at night and bludgeoned, maimed, strangled and sexually assaulted his victims in their sleep.