"I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends."įlorida Department of Corrections (Executions List)Ĭounty of Conviction: Orange (Change of venue from Columbia County, where crime was committed)Īlso known as: Chris Hagen, Richard Burton, Officer Roseland, Rolf MillerĬause of death: Execution by electric chair Denied).īundy declined a special meal, so he was given the traditional steak (medium-rare), eggs (over-easy), hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, and jelly. 1984) (Sorority House Direct Appeal).īundy v. This death sentence to be carried out a decade later. Bundy was again convicted of murder and sentenced to death. A school crossing guard at the junior high school identified Bundy as leading a young girl to a van on the morning of the disappearance. Two Lake City Holiday Inn employees and a handwriting expert established that Bundy had registered at the Lake City Holiday Inn the day before her disappearance under another name. There were semen stains in the crotch of her panties found near the body. Two months later, after a large scale search, the Leach girl's partially decomposed body was located in a wooded area near the Suwanee River. On February 9, 1978, Kimberly Leach, age 12, was reported missing from her junior high school in Lake City, Florida.
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For the two crimes of first-degree murder the trial judge imposed sentences of death. Bundy was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of burglary. The experts both expressed to the jury their opinion that the indentations on the victim's body were left by the unique teeth of Bundy. Of critical importance was the testimony of two forensic dental experts who testified concerning analysis of the bite mark left on the body of Lisa Levy. Bundy was arrested a month later in Pensacola.
The attacker also bit Lisa Levy with sufficient intensity to be identified as human bite marks. Margaret Bowman's skull was crushed and literally laid open. Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman were killed by strangulation after receiving severe beatings with a length of a tree branch used as a club. Bundy was identified by a resident returning home to the Sorority House, just as he was leaving with a club in his hand. All were bludgeoned repeatedly with a blunt weapon. Within approximately an hour of the attacks in the Chi Omega house, Bundy entered another home nearby and attacked a woman residing there, Cheryl Thomas. Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy were killed, and Kathy Kleiner and Karen Chandler sustained serious injuries. He escaped a second time and fled to Tallahassee, Florida, staying at a rooming house near the Florida State University Campus.ĭuring the early morning hours of Sunday, January 15, 1978, Bundy entered the Chi Omega sorority house and brutally attacked four women residing there. He escaped while in custody but was recaptured 6 days later. Bundy was convicted of Aggravated Kidnapping after waiving a jury trial and received a 1-15 year sentence. Nine months later, Bundy was arrested fleeing police and handcuffs were found in his car.
She screamed and fought her way outside the vehicle and eventually got away. Bundy drove her in his Volkswagon, and pulled over on the way and forcibly placed a pair of handcuffs on her wrist. He eventually asked her if she could go to the station to make a complaint. Upon reaching the car the girl looked in and determined nothing was missing. Bundy asked her to accompany him to the car to see if anything was missing. She thought that he was a police officer and Bundy later showed her a badge. On November 7, 1974, Carol DeRonch, 18, was in a Utah Shopping Mall when she was approached by Bundy, who told her that someone had been trying to break into her automobile. since 1976Ģ0th murderer executed in Florida since 1976 Executed Januby Electric Chair in Floridaġ06th murderer executed in U.S.
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