We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. After one message in which Martin accused the killer of covering up his crimes and encouraged him to share his motives, Bundy responded by maintaining his innocence.
In another letter to Martin, Bundy described his daily routine and went so far as to compare his prison experience to that of Mahatma Gandhi. There is a bunk and toilet and sink. Sometimes I run back-and-forth and do sit ups and other exercises. Sometimes yoga. I usually take a nap around noon. I sleep well. Ted Bundy was a serial killer , rapist, and necrophiliac who admitted to killing 30 women in the s, though some experts believe his actual victim count might be over He was arrested for good in February and received three separate death sentences for the murders of two Chi Omega sorority members at Florida State University and a year-old girl.
He was executed in January at age Eleanor Louise Cowell, who went by Louise, was 22 years old when she delivered Ted at a home for unwed mothers. Later, Cowell brought her son to her parents in Philadelphia. However, there are some theories about who he might be. To hide the fact he was an illegitimate child, Bundy was raised as the adopted son of his grandparents and was told that his mother was his sister.
Cowell moved with her young son to Tacoma, Washington, and in , she married Johnnie Bundy. Johnnie and Louise had several children together. From all appearances, Bundy grew up in a content, working-class family. He showed an unusual interest in the macabre at an early age.
Around the age of 3, he became fascinated by knives. A shy but bright child, Bundy did well in school but not with his peers. According to Matt DeLisi, an Iowa State University criminologist who authored the book Ted Bundy and the Unsolved Murder Epidemic , Bundy also was known to pick apart mice in the woods and try to drown people while swimming or boating. As a teenager, a darker side of his character started to emerge. Bundy graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in psychology in He was accepted to and attended law school in Utah, though he never earned his degree.
