Summary of Ted Bundy’s case
He was popularly known as Ted. He was born in the year 1946 and died in the year 1989. Ted Bundy was a rapist and a necrophilia. He was electrocuted on an electric chair after he was found guilty of the charges pressed against him in the year 1989. (Rockefeller, 2015).
Ted Bundy was an individual who took the lives of many women .Ted Bundy accepted that he had murdered a total of 36 young females in different areas in the 1970s.Although experts find this hard to believe. Experts estimate that he might have killed more than thirty six women, approximately one hundred women or more than one hundred. Hence the exact number of women Ted Bundy killed will never be exactly known. (Rockefeller, 2015).
Most people argue that he begun killing women around 1974.During this period, a lot of women went missing in areas like Seattle and Oregon. The public started speculating on the murders. People claimed before the women went missing, they were escorted by a man that had black hair and was handsome. This fit the description of Ted Bundy. (Rockefeller, 2015).
The theory of routine activity can be used to analyze Ted Bundy. In order for a crime to take place, there must be three things that need to be involved: motivated perpetrator in this case Ted Bundy, a victim that fits into the offender’s choice and the absence of a protector or guardian. This theory is consistent with the murders that Ted Bundy was convicted of .Ted Bundy singled out his victim based on their physical appearance and lured them by impersonating authorities such as police officers so that he can easily gain their trust. He sometimes pretended to be a disabled man. (CRJ3024 W3reading.docx).
Ted Bundy background and method of killing
He was the illegitimate son of a lady whose immediate family was not pleased by the fact that she became pregnant before getting married. The grand parents of Ted Bundy took him in as their own child to cover the shame that had been brought to the family by their granddaughter. They deceived Ted and the community that he was their own son and that Ted’s mother was his elder sibling .Ted discovered the truth when he was thirteen years old. An old cousin showed him the evidence that proved that his elder sister was actually her mother .Ted was angry with his mother for withholding the truth from him for such a long time. This truth might have affected his childhood and experts speculate that it might have been the turning point of his life .Experts also claim that her mother’s role was reduced to that of a sister and therefore she was not totally emotionally involved with him. This influenced the character that would later make him a serial killer. Previous research have revealed that between the ages of one year to seven years old, a mother plays a vital role in the life of their children. This is the same period that a child is taught virtues such as loving others. Ted was separated from his grandfather who played the role of his father when he was moved to Washington State. This might have affected him socially. (Rockefeller, 2015).
Ted Bundy was a very clever man who was well educated. But at early age he had already shown signs that would later materialize and make him a serial killer. His typology describes Ted Bundy as antisocial and would spy on vulnerable women. He also had juvenile record that were waved off when he reached 18.Ted Bundy had traits of a narcissist and therefore was not insane. Due to this his victims were mainly young beautiful women. Bundy would pretend to be disable and walked on crutches as he targeted his victims .He would then use his charisma and ‘disability’ to influence and lure the unaware victim into a car. He impersonated administrative figures such policemen to easily gain trust from the victims. In 1974, in the month of November, Carol Dench, an eighteen year old girl was shopping at a mall in in Utah .Ted Bundy approached her and showed her a badge. He then went on to lie to her about how there was someone who was trying to illegally break into her car .Ted Bundy then challenged her to accompany him to her vehicle to confirm if there been any mischief. He then requested her to head into the police station to make a statement which she obliged. He used a Volkswagen to drive her to the police station. While inside the car, he forcefully handcuffed her. She struggled and managed to escape. (Michaud, Aynesworth & Bundy, 2000).
How Ted Bundy selected his victims.
Ted Bundy did not wait for a perfect opportunity for him to strike and take women of around streets. He actually broke doors of various houses and dormitories and let himself in .He would then proceed to rape and kill young women and girls within the confines of the same rooms that were meant to protect them. On one night in January 1974, Ted Bundy broke into a lower room of the bedroom of a young eighteen year old girl. He then used a metal rod to beat her to death and raped her. Although the girl survived the attack, she was left with a brain damage and in a coma (Michaud, Aynesworth & Bundy, 2000).
Most of Ted Bundy’s victims were women between the ages of 12 and twenty nine years old. The women were either college students or studied at the university. Ted Bundy avoided murdering people that he knew on a personal level. He killed innocent women that he did not know. The physical appearance of most of his victim had were: brown hair that reached their shoulders and was separated in the middle. Experts believe that he chose his victims based entirely on their physical appearance. Although Bundy himself claimed that he only kills women who he finds very appealing. Their attractiveness was the only common thing his victims shared. In his own perspective young and slender women who had brown hair and well educated were appealing to him (Michaud, Aynesworth & Bundy, 2000).
There are certain factors that the victims might have done to provoke ted Bundy. This can be explained by demographic of victimization. ‘Demographics of victimization’ simply means that there are certain factors that contribute to crime. Crime is very incidental but there are certain factors that can put an individual at more risk of becoming a victim of a certain crime. One of these factors is life choices or the manner in which a person decides to behave. For example, an individual who is at low risk will be very keen on their environment. Among adolescents and the youths demographic of victimization is much higher. Day to day patterns can put anyone at risk of becoming a victim of crime. An area can be linked to demographics of victimization in terms of frequency or amount of crimes carried out in that particular area .Although some crimes are committed in all places, there are some locations that have a higher level of crime than the rest. (CRJ3024 W3reading.docx).
Typology of Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy was not insane but a man of sound mind. He was a psychopath who suffered from what is commonly known as ‘anti-social personality disorder’. He had very strong narcissism traits. The rare combination of narcissism and ‘anti-social personality disorder’ categorizes him as a serial murderer. This personality disorder is not specific and is neither defined as insane in the psychiatric areas and the legal structure. Such psychopaths either serve a life in prison or face the death penalty (Michaud, Aynesworth & Bundy, 2000).
Most of the serial killers that fall under this category have often had either a neglected childhood or have been abused in their childhood days. A familiar character of ted Bundy and other serial killer that fall under this category have always wanted to control everything that happens around them (CRJ3024 W3reading.docx).
Ted Bundy was an organized serial killer. Organized serial killers selects their victims by luring them in using tricks and they dispose of bodies of the victims in selected places. They are very hard to catch. On the other hand disorganized serial killers are not very meticulous planners and they do put an effort to conceal their acts. Their victims fall prey due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. They are also not intelligent. Some serial killers can be both organized and disorganized in some of their killings. (CRJ3024 W3reading.docx).
References
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Michaud, S. G., Aynesworth, H., & Bundy, T. (2000). Ted Bundy: Conversations with a killer. Irving, TX
Rockefeller, J. D. (2015). The shocking true story of Ted Bundy: The most notorious American serial killer of 1970's.
