Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy Case Study Ted Bundy is a 40-year-old male who is a very successful, clean shaven college student whom is not married. He appears healthy and is not diagnosed with any illnesses or diseases. There was also no evidence of his family having any health issues, although he did have family problems. He grew up with his grandparents and mother. He was led on to believe that his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his older sister. His mother and he finally moved when he was five and they met a military cook named Jonnie Bundy, whom his mother married a year later. Four other siblings were born and Ted spent a lot of time babysitting them. Also, Jonnie, Ted’s stepfather tried to bond with him but Ted never became emotionally attached. Ted didn’t like being in the stepfather’s presence, and enjoyed being alone. He had a girlfriend for a period of time when he was older until she broke his heart and he never was able to forget her and move on. His life goal was to become the governor of Washington State, and his professor Mr. Charles says that he had the skills to do it which include being very intelligent, loyal to a cause, and high achievement orientated. He is not addicted to drugs or alcohol that anybody knows of, but is addicted to pornography. According to his records he was first pulled over for a driving violation, but then tried to get away. In his car, police found handcuffs and other robbery related items. Ted’s next arrest was for kidnapping. Next he was charged with the murder of Caryn Cambell. He escaped from the Utah prison but was arrested again a week later. He escaped a second time but was arrested again for the murder of Kimberly Leach. Ted killed his victims mostly by bludgeon, but sometimes also strangulation, drowning, or stabbing. He claims that he gets a rush from killing and likes to be engaged in necrophilia and also bondage. He would kill anywhere he could, the homes of his victims, in his car, in the