Kevin Sullivan - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE TED BUNDY MURDERS

THE

ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF THE

TED BUNDY MURDERS

Sullivans A-to-Z coverage of Ted Bundy provides a solid guide to the people and places that define the man and the monster ... an extensive reference tool on one of the worlds most infamous serial killers.

Katherine Ramsland , author of Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer.

KEVIN SULLIVAN

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Preface

In late April 2019, and only days after my fourth book in my series of books on Ted Bundy was published, a Facebook friend by the name of Michael Rinehart, contacted me with a most curious question: had I thought about writing an encyclopedia on the Ted Bundy murder case, and I told him no. Indeed, the thought of it was so currently out of the realm of reality for me, that there just wasnt any way Id consider it. But I did thank him for the suggestion, and we both agreed that it was right to set the idea aside for the time being. Truth be told, Michael had considered doing it himself. But hes so busy with current projects with others in the pipeline waiting for him , that it was only natural hed think of me. A great idea, we both agreed, and we let it drop right there.

However, over the next several days, every time our conversation crossed my mind, I had this unmistakable good feeling about the project, and so after about three days, I decided to contact my publisher and run the idea by them. And immediately, they loved the idea. Well, that response, coupled with my good feelings has allowed me to take the step thats led me to write the Encyclopedia of the Ted Bundy Murders. It is, without question, the go-to guide into all things Ted Bundy, the innocent victims who fell by his hands, and the hundreds of people and dozens of locations that became intertwined, and sometimes synonymous with, the life and times of Ted Bundy. For those desiring to know the thousands of interconnected facts of the case, and what has transpired with all those involved over the years, this is the book for you.

Africano, Julius Victor

Victor Africano (1938-2002) was the lead defense attorney for Ted Bundy in the Kimberly Diane Leach trial. Although Africano would mount a splendid defense to save his client, the scales of justice would go against Ted Bundy, and it would be for this murder that Bundy would be executed on January 24, 1989. Africano is buried in Live Oak Cemetery in Suwannee County, Florida, not too far from where the body of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach, Bundys last victim, was discovered.

Aime, James Jim Junior

Jim Aime (1928-1987), father of Bundy victim, Laura Ann Aime, and the one who identified her body. Speaking to a friend, while he was driving past the location where Lauras body was found, Jim Aime said, My little baby was up there all by herself and there was nothing I could do to help her. Incidentally, that friend was Jim Massie, a probation and parole officer from Louisville, Kentucky, who was also a friend of Detective Jerry Thompson, and was the link to how I met retired Detective Thompson. Youll also find that above quote in Ron Holmes book, Serial Murder , as Massie and Holmes worked together on some projects pertaining to Ted Bundy and serial murder.

Aime, Laura Ann

On Halloween night of 1974, Laura Ann Aime (1957-1974) left on foot a party in the city of Orem, Utah, and after stopping to purchase cigarettes, started hitchhiking on what police believed was one of the darker portions of Highway 89. It would be in this area that Ted Bundy would stop his VW and give young Laura a ride. Here the information goes dark, and her body wasnt discovered until Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1974. Bundy, who had a habit of occasionally leaving bodies close to roads where they might be easily found, did so with Aime. Around 9:00 a.m. on that cool sunny Thanksgiving morning, two Brigham Young University students parked their car in the lot of the Timpanogos Visitor Welcome Center and headed out on a hiking trail. After going about 500 yards, they spotted the naked body of a female lying just off the roadway. The startled couple ran back to their car and drove straight to the Ranger station to report what theyd seen. The body was that of Laura Aime.

Aime, Shirly Tolton

Shirly Aime (1934-2011) was the mother of Laura Ann Aime.

Alameda Junior High School

Alameda Junior High School, located at 845 McKinley Avenue in Pocatello, Idaho, was, on May 6, 1975, the scene of an abduction carried out by Ted Bundy. Bundy had come to the city the day before to hunt college coeds at the nearby university, but was unsuccessful. The next morning, Bundy left the Holiday Inn, located some two miles away, and began trolling for a victim. Within a short time, he pulled up to the school just as 12-year-old Lynette Culver came out the front doors of the school, and Bundy waved her over to his car. Because it was lunch time, many students were also standing around the front of the school, or heading to a nearby park, but no one noticed Culver enter Bundys VW. The two returned to his room at the Holiday Inn where Bundy would drown the young girl in the bathtub before having sexual intercourse with her dead body.

Anderson, C.L.

C.L. Anderson, better known as Andy Anderson, was a firefighter living in Lake City, Florida. On the morning of February 9, 1978, as he was heading home from his overnight shift, he noticed a white van that was stopped (angled) and blocking traffic in the road that runs directly in front of Lake City Junior High. Assessing the situation, he noticed a man (Bundy) who appeared to be angrily leading a young girl to the passenger side of the van. His first thought was, daddys going to take the little girl home and give her a spanking. That little girl was Kimberly Diane Leach, 12, and would be Ted Bundys final victim.

Anderson, Chief Dean O.

Chief Dean O. Anderson, of the Bountiful Police Department, headed up the investigation into the disappearance and presumed abduction of Debra Kent from Bountiful, Utah on November 8, 1974, after she left the play at Viewmont High School to pick up her brother from a nearby roller rink. Bundy nabbed her as she was attempting to reach her parents car, and she may have done so. But Bundy was able to attack her before she got inside the car. A number of homes and apartments across the street and to the side of the school, would hear a scream around this same time, which of course, was Debra Kent.

Anderson, Larry

Larry Anderson came into contact with Ted Bundy after Bundy sought out fellowship with the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Larry and three other men lived in a house at 629 Eleventh Avenue in the city, and Larry, along with housemate, John Homer, were stake missionaries with the Mormon Church, and it was their job to mentor Bundy and teach him the ways of the church. Larry told me when we first talked, that he had been approached by a national magazine just after Bundys execution on January 24, 1989 to tell his story, but he turned them down.