Posted on 08/25/2016 6:17:46 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
Yikes. You and your wife could have ended up in the garden.
Ms. Bobs knew this child personally and was reacting soon after hearing this horrible news. I’m inclined to give her a pass.
Could have been him, he wasn’t in Florida long before he was caught. Long enough to do a lot of damage though...and the Volkswagen he was driving was stolen. Stupid move...If I remember right he was caught after running a stop sign, and was driving drunk. I don’t think I have it any more, but Ann Rule wrote a very good book about him. May have given it to my neighbor, she loves those books and I’ve given her at least 20.
Bundy was originally identified by a girl who got away, I think on the west coast somewhere, either Washington or Oregon if I remember correctly. She got her chance and jumped out of the car and ran. That was the first time they got enough info to put a face to the person they were after, but still didn’t have a name yet. Just a general idea, but good enough to have an idea what to look for, and an MO. Or one of them...he used different methods to lure girls into his car. In some cases using a fake cast to get them to help him put something in the car. That was used in Silence of the Lambs too. That’s how Buffalo Bill got the victim who got him caught eventually. Directly from Bundy. He also helped officials get a better idea of how serial killers think.
The last few, and the ones in the sorority house, were some of the worst. Pretty typical, most serial killers escalate or evolve as they do more and more. The first couple are just killed and dumped, then they start getting more violent and gruesome as they go, many eventually going as far as cannibalism and necrophilia. Most start saving “trophies” fairly early. Dahmer was an extreme example of that. The general thought is that he was so seriously affected by his parents leaving him at a young age, he wanted to make sure his victims could never leave and do the same thing to him.. He came home one day and the whole family was gone...around age 12 or so I think, I’d have to go look it up. Weird stuff...
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