The Background Of Mr. Bundy And A Short Synopsis Of His...

A.) Describe the background of Mr. Bundy and a short synopsis of his crimes Theodore Robert Cowell was born to Mother Eleanor Louise Cowell at Elizabeth Lund home for Unwed Mothers in Burlington, Vermont. Ted’s Mother was single at the time she conceived him, and during that time period it was immoral to be a single mother so her parents took care of Ted. He was under the impression that they were his parents and his Biological mother was his older sister, but in reality they were his grandparents. There was a rumor that Ted Bundy s Grandfather could be his biological father but that theory was never tested and Bundy s Father is still unknown. Later in his life his biological mother Eleanor Louise Cowell married Johnny Bundy who is Ted’s†¦show more content†¦Ted couldn’t hold a job anywhere he went because of his social behavior problems. In 1967 Ted had his first serious relationship with â€Å"Stephanie Brooks† aka Diana Marjorie Jean Edwards. About a year later she ended the relationship, graduated, and moved back home to California. Ted Bundy then fell into a deep depression and dropped out of college and went home. While he was home he uncovered the truth about his biological mother who he thought was his older sister. This is the turning point in his life. In 1968 he re-enrolled at the University of Washington to Major in Psychology. Bundy was attending school with Elizabeth Kloepfer; a divorced secretary with a child from a previous marriage. Ted graduated in 1972 from the University of Washington with a degree in psychology. Fall of 1973 he enrolled in law school at the University of Puget Sound; he did poorly and dropped out in the spring of 1974. Ted had relationships going with two women at this time and neither of them knew the other. He was dating Elizabeth but he was engaged to Stephanie Brooks whom he had gotten back together with while at UW. After Brooks broke off the engagement is when many young women started to disappear in the Pacific Northwest. Bundy murdered many women but his first known murder was in 1974 when he was 27 years old. Many of the women that he killed looked or identified with the first woman who broke up with him, â€Å"Stephanie Brooks†,