Kevin Sullivan - Ted Bundy’s Murderous Mysteries: The Many Victims of America’s Most Infamous Serial Killer

TED BUNDYS MURDEROUS MYSTERIES

THE MANY VICTIMS OF AMERICAS MOST INFAMOUS SERIAL KILLER

KEVIN SULLIVAN

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AUTHORS NOTE

In 2006, I began the long process of writing a biography of Ted Bundy, perhaps the most infamous sexual serial killer this country has ever produced. Indeed, its fair to say that when the subject of American serial killers comes up, Ted Bundy is the first, or certainly one of the first, murderers that comes to mind. Even a quick study of the facts of his life will show you why this is the case.

Nevertheless, as I began the two-and-a-half-year journey into the life of Ted Bundy and the known murders he committed, I had no idea where it would ultimately lead, and how one book would stretch into what has now become four volumes.

That journey first produced The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History; a book that broke new revelatory ground, including additional new information having to do with some of the murders. This work also turned out to be my break-out book into the world of true crime writing, and my literary and personal life changed forever.

At that point, the thought of writing another Bundy book was far from my mind. As the years rolled by, I wrote about other killers, and it was a refreshing change to be leaving Ted Bundy behind. But in 2015, I learned about an individual very close to the case who was very ill and his life was drastically changing. Being aware also that another of my Bundy contacts had recently passed away, I made the decision to write what I called a companion volume to my first book, and this became, The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging up the Untold Stories , published in 2016. And like my first book, Trail also turned up new and never before published information that added new dimension to the case as people came forward to tell of their dealings with Ted Bundy. In 2017, I followed it up with: The Bundy Secrets: Hidden Files on Americas Worst Serial Killer . And having written a trilogy of books on this most infamous case, totaling some 600 plus pages, I absolutely knew Id said all I was going to say about Ted Bundy.

I have now learned that its best to never say never

Of course, I have a lot of fans of my Bundy books, and some of them are Facebook friends, and we communicate on a regular basis. Very often, however, they would direct their communication toward me and ask if I would consider writing another book about the Bundy case! Flattered, I would quickly thank them, but just as quickly Id remind them that after three books I couldnt imagine writing anything more than the occasional article about Bundy. It all made perfect sense to me at the time.

And then, during the summer of 2018, I appeared as a guest speaker in three separate Ted Bundy documentaries. It was no doubt this national exposure that sparked a small, but steady stream of people to contact me, wanting to tell their personal stories and their roles in the Bundy case. After a little investigation, a number of them were proven to be valid players, to one degree or another, in these high-profile murders committed by Bundy. Now, people like this occasionally reach out to me, and thats normal. But never in such numbers and in so short a time span. Not only this, but some of these contacts were giving me the names of other Bundy contacts, so it wasnt long before I began thinking the unthinkable: If I can locate even more people to interview, then perhaps I could delve back into the case and seek out additional information, especially about the lives of the victims, and ultimately, write another Ted Bundy book. It wasnt an easy or expected decision, but having had another of those epiphany moments, I could see how well this book could come together, and not just from these new testimonies, but from a deeper look at the official record that is teeming with exceedingly important and interesting information that, by and large, will never been seen by the public. Bringing this information to light, be it from new voices or from what the detectives obtained through lengthy interviews and the investigative material they gathered, is of utmost importance so that this information will be available to students of this case for decades to come. And so, because of all of this, once again the journey began.

A word about delving deeper into the lives of the victims (the real reason for this book): When I was penning The Bundy Murders , I brought out a great deal of information on the victims of Ted Bundy that had remained hidden; a fact that was recognized by many readers. With the two successive books, even more information came to light, but mostly from those who knew Ted Bundy or were otherwise closely involved in the case. But for this book, besides the interviews, it will be a book about the victims, where I will be going back into the case files, bringing far more to light about these murdered innocents, such as the letters between Kathy Parks and her boyfriend, during a time that was clearly stressful for Kathy, as well as other incidentals that you wont find in the usual books written about the case. And in fact, new information about the case has emerged once again from the depths of the record.

Once again the voluminous case files of the Ted Bundy murders will play a great part in our understanding of who these young women were, how they functioned in their daily lives, and not just what they were doing when they were murdered by Ted Bundy. Far too often, the victims of crime are defined in the publics mind solely by the murder. I know that I changed that focus with the publication of The Bundy Murders , but for this book, Ill be going even further so that you, the reader, will have an expanded view of the women and perhaps who they could have been had Ted Bundy not become a killer of women.

Kevin M. Sullivan

Louisville, KY

Fall 2018

CHAPTER ONE

Lynda Ann Healy

On January 31, 1974, Ted Bundy made the decision to enter a home at 5517 12th Street NE in Seattle for the purposes of abduction and murder. Without question, Bundy knew it was a home housing college coeds and, in fact, it is believed that he was at a nearby tavern (Dantes) earlier in the evening when Lynda Healy was there with a few of her friends, unwinding over a pitcher of beer. Having followed them home, he watched as they entered the residence. After a time, he checked the front door and found it unlocked. He had no intention of entering at that time, but would return and do so in the middle of the night.

When I was writing about the strange abduction of Lynda Healy for my book, The Bundy Murders , I had access to the entire police file which included the sworn testimonies of Lyndas housemates. By having this material, I was able to turn it all into a quick-paced narrative nonfiction story, quoting certain portions of the record as needed. This is the way books are written, be they fiction or nonfiction the stories will have (or should have) a proper flow, and for nonfiction, you weave the facts from the case files into the narrative. One thing you dont do is just reproduce police case files, as they alone would give you plenty of facts, but no cohesive story. However, there is a place for the reproduction of case fileswith commentary included and which can serve as a companion volume to a previous book (the main book). In this case that would be The Bundy Murders . Indeed, this is the third companion volume I have written for that primary work on the killer.