Ted Bundy Research Paper

Ted Bundy was born Theodore Robert Cowell to Louise Cowell on November 24, 1946, at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers in Burlington, Vermont. After eight weeks at the home Louise returned to her parent’s house in Philadelphia to raise her new son. For the first several years of his life Ted Bundy thought his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his sister. In 1951, Louise and Ted Bundy moved to Tacoma Washington; and Louise married Johnnie Bundy, a military cook. Despite his parental circumstances and meager surroundings Ted Bundy was well behaved and grew into an attractive teen who was generally liked and who performed well in school. After high school he entered the University of Puget Sound and continued to do well academically; but felt uncomfortable around his fellow peers who were predominantly wealthy. In his sophomore year, Ted Bundy transferred to the University of Washington to escape the uncomfortable feeling of his financial status.
She fell deeply in love with Ted Bundy and despite her suspicions that Ted Bundy was seeing other women her devotion toward him continued. Ted Bundy was not receptive to the idea of marriage; but allowed the relationship to continue even after reuniting with his first love that was attracted to the new confident Ted Bundy. He worked on the re-election campaign of Washington's Republican Governor Dan Evans. When Governor Dan Evans was elected he appointed Ted Bundy to the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee. Ted Bundy's political future seemed secure. In 1973 he became the assistant to Ross Davis, chairman of the Washington State Republican Party. It was a good time in Ted Bundy's life. He had a girlfriend, his old girlfriend was once again in love with him, and his footing in the political arena was