Ted Bundy Timeline:
- 11/24/46 - Is born as Theodore Robert Cowell in a home for unwed mothers in Burlington, Vermont.
- 05/19/51 - Bundy's mother, Louise, marries Johnnie Bundy and her son takes his step-father's last name.
- Spring 1965 - Graduates from Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington.
- Fall 1965 - Enrolls at the University of Puget Sound and attends the school until the Spring of 1966.
- 06/23/65 - Murders Lonnie Trumbull and seriously injuresroommate Lisa Wick in their Seattle apartment.
- Fall 1966 to Spring 1969 - Attends the University of Washington.
- 1967 to 1968 - Courts Stephanie Brooks, who closely resembles his future victims.
- Fall 1968 - Brooks breaks off relationship with Bundy.
- Early 1969 - Visits his brithtown of Burlington, Vermont, and learns for certain that he is illegitimate.
- Fall 1969 - Re-enters Univ of Washington and meets Liz Kendall, his girlfriend throughout most of the murders.
- Spring 1973 - Graduates form the University of Washington.
- 11/25/73 - Abducts Kathy Devine from a Seattle street corner.
- 12/06/73 - Devine's body is found near Olympia, Washington.
- 01/05/74 - Attacks Joni Lenz in her Seattle apartment. Lenz survives.
- 02/01/74 - Abducts Lynda Ann Healy from her basement bedroom in Seattle.
- 03/12/74 - Abducts Donna Manson from the campus of Evergreen College.
- 04/17/74 - Abducts Susan Rancourt from the Central Washignton St. campus.
- 05/06/74 - Abducts Kathy Parks from the campus at Oregon St.
- 06/01/74 - Abducts Brenda Ball from Burien, Washington.
- 06/11/74 - Abducts Georgeann Hawkins from an alley near her University of Washington fraternity house.
- 06/17/74 - Brenda Baker's body is found in Millersylvania St. Park. It is unknown when she was abducted.
- 07/14/74 - In seperate incidents, Janice Ott and Denise Naslund are abducted from Lake Samm St. Park.
- 09/02/74 - A Jane Doe is abducted from Boise, Idaho.
- Fall 1974 - Enters the University of Utah Law School.
- 09/07/74 - Body parts of Ott, Naslund, and Hawkins are recovered 2 miles from lake Samm St. Park.
- 10/02/74 - Abducts Nancy Wilcox.
- 10/18/74 - Abducts Melissa Smith from Midvale, Utah.
- 10/27/74 - Smith's body is found in Summitt Park near Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 10/31/74 - Abducts Laura Aimee from Lehi, Utah.
- 11/08/74 - Botches abduction of Carol DeRonch but abducts Debby Kent later that day from school in Bountiful.
- Thanksgiving 1974 - Aimee's body is found.
- 01/12/75 - Abducts Caryn Campbell from a hotel in Aspen, Colorado.
- 02/18/75 - Campbell's body is found near the motel she disappeared from.
- 03/03/75 - The skulls of Healy, Ball, Parks, and Rancourt are found near Taylor Mountain in Washington.
- 03/15/75 - Abducts Julie Cunningham from Vail, Colorado.
- 04/06/75 - Abducts Melanie Cooley from her school in Nederland, Colorado.
- 04/23/75 - Cooley is found dead twenty miles from Nederland.
- 05/06/75 - Abducts Lynette Culver from her school playground in Pocatello, Idaho.
- 06/28/75 - Abducts Susan Curtis from the campus of BYU while attending a youth conference.
- 07/01/75 - Abducts Shelley Robertson from Golden, Colorado.
- 07/04/75 - Abducts Nancy Baird from Layton, Utah.
- 08/16/75 - Arrested for possession of burglary tools during a traffic stop in Salt Lake City.
- February 1976 - Abducts Debbie Smith in Utah.
- 03/01/76 - Is found guilty of aggravated kidnapping in the DeRonch attack.
- 04/01/76 - Smith's body is found at Salt Lake International Airport.
- 06/30/76 - Sentenced to 1-15 years in prison.
- 06/07/77 - Escapes from Pitkin Co. Law Library in Colorado while preparing for trial in the Campbell murder.
- 06/13/77 - Is apprehended in Aspen, Colorado.
- 12/30/77 - Escapes from Garfield County Jail in Colorado and flees to Tallahassee, Florida.
- 01/14/78 - Enters Chi Omega sorority house in Tallahassee, killing Lisa Levy and Magaret Bowman.
- 01/14/78 - Also attacks Cheryl Thomas in her house nearby, seriously injuring her.
- 02/09/78 - Abducts Kimberly Ann Leach from her school in Lake City, Florida.
- 02/15/78 - Arrested while driving a stolen VW in Pensacola, Florida.
- 04/12/79 - Leach's body is found in Suwanee St. Park in Florida.
- 07/27/78 - Indicted for the murders of Levy and Bowman.
- 07/31/78 - Indicted for the Leach murder.
- 07/07/79 - Leach and Bowman murder trial begins.
- 07/23/79 - Found guilty of the murders of Levy and Bowman.
- 07/31/79 - Sentenced to death for the murders of Levy and Bowman.
- 01/07/80 - Trial begins for the Leach murder.
- 02/06/80 - Found guilty of Leach murder.
- 02/09/80 - Sentenced to death for Leach murder.
- 07/02/86 - Obtains a stay of execution only fifteen minutes before he is scheduled to die.
- 11/18/86 - Obtains a stay of execution only seven hours before he is scheduled to die.
- 11/17/89 - Final death warrant is issued.
- 01/24/89 - Executed in the electric chair at 7:16 AM.