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Third Trial:

Kimberly Leach Murder

Second Trial: Chi Omega

First Trial : Carol DaRonch

-January 7th, 1980

-Sentenced to death for the murder of Kimberly Leach.

-On February 9th, 1978, Kimberly Leach, age 12, was reported missing from her junior high school in Salt Lake City.

-Her naked, deteriorating body was found two days later, in a hog pen on April 7, 1978. She was found to have suffered violence to her neck region and semen was found on her clothing indicating she may have been raped.

-Bundy was tried for this crime by Supreme Court of Florida, which ruled that he was guilty. The final verdict of Bundy v. State (1985) was the death penalty.

-Evidence used to incriminate Bundy included eye witness accounts and his intention to flee was used to prove his guilt.

-July 30th, 1979 in Florida

-Sentenced to death for Chi Omega Murders

-On January 15, 1978 Bundy entered the Chi Omega sorority house in Florida and attacked residents. Students Margaret Bowman, Lisa Levy, were strangled and beaten to death, and Kathy Kleiner and Karen Chandler survived with serious injuries.

-Evidence included eye witness testimony of a Chi Omega house resident, bite marks left on the victims, and his attempt to flee from the officers after the attacks.

-He was arrested on Feb 15, 1978 after being stopped by a police officer for car theft and attempted to flee when the officer was trying to cuff him.

-A testimony provided by a forensic dental expert included the bite marks on Levy's body, which were found to match Bundy's teeth due to his very unique bite mark.

- First trial: Feb 23, 1976 in Utah

-Sentenced to 15 years in prison for the kidnapping and harassment of Carol DaRonch

-One of the biggest pieces of evidence was the eye witness testimony given in court by Carol DaRonch herself.

-While he was in jail, police began linking Bundy to the murders of Caryn Campbell and Melissa Smith

-Detectives found both victims hair in Bundy's Volkswagen as well as a crowbar, which was used as evidence because Campbell's skull was found to have been hit from a blunt object, which matched the crowbar.

-Charges were filed against Bundy for the murder of Caryn Campbell.

-While awaiting his trial he was moved to Aspen, Colorado from where he escaped

Kimberly Leach, age 12

Fleeing the Scene

If a person wanted for a crime is caught fleeing when asked to stop by a police officer, it could possibly be used as evidence to prove guiltiness based on the defendants behavior.

If a police officer has probable cause, meaning facts and circumstances that would make a police believe that a crime might have been committed and that this person may be responsible, they are allowed to stop you. (Durham "5-Law"

On two accounts, Bundy was stopped by a police officer, due to probable cause. He was stopped once six days before Leach's murder, and another time two days after she was missing, which was the same time he was caught in relation to the Chi Omega murders, both times he fled.

In court, this became evidence of his guilt due to his attempting to flee from the police. In one of the occurrences, he was handcuffed and tried to run, but was shot at and caught again.

THE VICTIMS

Salt Lake City, Utah

Seattle, Washington

2 October 1974 - Nancy Wilcox, 16

18 October 1974 - Melissa Smith, 17

31 October 1974 - Laura Aime, 17

8 November 1974 - Debby Kent, 17

Ted Bundys Murder Kit

31 January 1974 - Lynda Healy, 21

12 March 1974 - Donna Manson, 19

17 April 1974 - Susan Rancourt, 18

6 May 1974 - Roberta Parks, 22

1 June 1974 - Brenda ball, 22

11 June 1974 - Georgann Hawkins, 18

14 July 1974 - Janice Ott, 23

14 July 1974 - Denise Naslund, 19

Ted Bundy's Volkswagen

Tallhassee, Florida

15 January 1978 - Margaret Bowman, 21

15 January 1978 - Lisa Levy, 20

9 February 1978 - Kimberly Leach, 12

In 1975, items such as gloves, handcuffs, flashlight, ski masks, crowbar and many more were found from Bundy’s car. The handcuffs were most likely used by Bundy to kidnap his victim(s).

• The handcuffs are believed to be used on one of the victims named Carol DaRonch, when Ted Bundy pretended to be a Security Guard named “Roseland”.

• Forensic serologists were able to extract blood from Carol’s coat using the ABO system, which involves examining the surface of the red blood cells for two antigens known as A and B, with blood type being named after the type of antigens it contains, including A, B, AB and O. The blood type that was found was blood type O, which was the same as Ted Bundy’s.

• Blood typing helps pinpoint individuals and their relation to the crime, and can provide irreplaceable piece of testimony in the criminal court

• A few months after the Carol DaRonch incident: Caryn Campbell, Susan Rancourt and Lynda Ann Healy’s body was found in the following months and all of the victims suffered from severe head contusions from a blunt instrument, possibly a crowbar.

Aspen, Colorado

- Ted’s Volkswagen was a stolen vehicle from Pensacola, Florida.

- An Officer patrolling the Pensacola area saw an orange Volkswagen at 10 p.m. on February 15th, and he was curious of the vehicle because he has never seen it before; he entered the license plate number and found out it was stolen.

- After struggling to capture Ted, he was finally caught. This arrest was the final capture of Ted Bundy and the trials to come.

- When Ted was captured, they found very suspicious objects: a box of large green plastic garbage bags, and ice pick, a flashlight, a pair of gloves, torn strips of sheeting, a pair of handcuffs, and a strange mask made from a panty hose, and a crowbar behind the driver’s seat. The passenger seat was also removed and was placed in the back seat.

- These items were later examined by forensic examiners and were found to be substantial evidence for the Ted Bundy cases prior.

12 January 1975,Caryn Campbell, 23

The Fiber Evidence

Who was Ted Bundy?

According to Locard’s Exchange Principle, whenever two objects come in contact with each other, a transfer of material will occur. Therefore, evidence can be used to associate people, places and objects.

• Fibers are involved by associative evidence, which means they form a link: person one, intermediate point, weapon, person two and crime scene.

• Forensic Expert Examiners analyzed the fibers using stereomicroscopic examination, which is a process that if a fiber exhibits the same microscopic and optical properties as a known fabric, the fiber could have originated from that fabric. (Forensic Science Communications)

• After the examination, the results were that the fibers from Kimberly Leach's clothes were found in the van and on Ted's clothing that he had allegedly worn on the day of the crime.

This suggests that Ted and Kimberly were in close contact with each other in the time of her death.

Theodore Robert Cowell

Born: Nov. 24, 1946 in Vermont

Died: Jan. 24, 1989 in FL; by electric chair

American serial killer known for vicious raping and murdering of young women in the 1970s

Victim count: Known= 36; experts believe he was involved in 100 or more murders

("Ted Bundy")

MODUS OPERANDI

Ted Bundy's modus operandi consisted of using his charm to lure women into his car by asking them help as if he was injured.

His victims were also known to resemble his college girlfriend, Stephanie Brooks, who was an attractive girl with long, dark hair.

His pattern of killing consisted of often raping his victims before beating them to death.

He was later found to have bitten his victims, which further helped to incriminate him

How Forensics Solved the Case: TED BUNDY

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