Kevin M. Sullivan - The Bundy Secrets: Hidden Files on America’s Worst Serial Killer

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INTRODUCTION

This is the third and final book in a trilogy of books about the life of Ted Bundy. My first book on the case, The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History , was an in-depth biography of Ted Bundy. My second book, The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging up the Untold Stories , provided, like my first book, new, important, and never before published information on the case, as well as an updated look at how these locations appear today.

With this final work, however, Im doing something that I never dreamed Id have a chance to do: reproduce various entire portions of the official record so that others can read and appreciate all thats really in there. In reality, most people will never lay eyes on the record, despite it being available to the public. Its not that they cant peruse them, as there are archives that house these materials and theyre open to the public (except for Utahs records, where you actually have to know someone to lay your hands on the really important files!). However, thats not what people do. They wait for people like me to pull it out of the archives, do the interviewing of individuals, and put it all neatly together and get it down on the printed page so they can purchase the book. I know its this way, as this is what I do every time I purchase a book. We let other folks gather the knowledge and then we wait for the book. This is just the way it is.

Within the pages of this book, youll read complete reports, entire letters, and various communications in the same way it came before the eyes of the investigators. It is a fascinating look into the Bundy case from a unique perspective. Along with the record, I will have commentary throughout, aiding your understanding of the text, and adding clarification where needed.

I also have new and important testimony from a number of people who were kind enough to share their stories with me so that I can share them with you. Most of these testimonies have never before been put to print, and, as always, it enhances what we know about Ted Bundy and the case in general, especially the long-hidden story of Louise Cannon, who had a conversation with Bundy only two hours before he would kidnap and murder Melissa Smith, only four blocks from where they were standing.

Despite the passage of over 40 years, not everyone is able to open up and speak about those days, and I understand it. As such, I am extremely grateful for those who do open that door and allow me to peer within, and for that, I (and you) are eternally grateful.

Kevin M. Sullivan

Louisville, KY

PREFACE

If I could say only one thing about the official record of the Ted Bundy case, it would be this: It is rich in information. It is an inexhaustible source, almost bottomless in its density of material. What follows is the record of the Ted Bundy case files, from the various states where Bundy committed abduction and murder, or was suspected of doing so. Without question, the case files, housed in the archives in various states, are a gold mine of information and insight concerning Ted Bundy and his crimes. Indeed, no matter how much material I used for my first book on the case, there is information here that neither I, nor any other author of any of the Bundy books has used. Its just impossible to make use of it all, as the book would have to be in the tens of thousands of pages!

Not only did I pull extensively from these case files when first writing The Bundy Murders , and then, to a lesser extent, my second book on the case, The Trail of Ted Bundy , but I have returned to them for this last book for a very special reason. During my original research period (2006 through late 2008) for The Bundy Murders , each time I received the case files from the respective states, I was transported back to the world of the investigators who were so diligently hunting a killer of women and girls that turned out to be Theodore Robert Bundy. Being rich in information (and were talking many thousands of pages), I perused the material, picking and choosing the facts pertaining to Bundy and his victims that I needed for the book. Notice I said picking and choosing. The more I delved into the files, the more I remember thinking, I wish the reader could have the opportunity to see these actual reports that contain so much interesting material about this killer and his victims. That, of course, was just wishful thinking, as I understood that only seasoned researchers would see what I was now seeing. While I put many things into my first book on Bundy (it is crammed with facts), there just isnt any way to include it all. Indeed, my personal case file material of the Bundy case is so extremely large, that I actually, for this third book, found information in the record that Id missed the first and even second time I researched the case!

Without question, the original case files of the Bundy murders are so extensive that even with the publication of this book youll still only be seeing a small portion of whats out there. However, what is here has been carefully selected by me your guide- so that you will be able to experience some of what I experienced when this massive journey began back in 2006. It is an eye-opening experience, and one that will enrich those who have been seeking additional information on this case. Youll be viewing what was at one time extremely classified info, carefully guarded by the police as they did the tough work of hunting an elusive killer of women.

A note: there is very little duplicating of information Ive already used in my first two books on Ted Bundy. However, in certain circumstances, I will be repeating informative quotes (extremely briefly) from those portions of the case file so that readers who havent read my first two works will be getting enough of the story to understand what is going on in the passage; doing this will keep them from feeling that something is missing. Those who have closely followed what has now become a trilogy, however, will find this last book to be filled with almost exclusively new information; as well as never-before published accounts from those who knew Bundy, or were friends of or worked with the victims, as well as those who were part of the investigation. Throughout the record, I will be adding necessary commentary that will expand on the issue at hand, and this will give you greater insight into the case. In addition, to avoid any confusion during the record portion of the book, my words will appear in italics so that it will be easily recognizable to the reader as to what are my words, and what belongs to the record.