If you have been online recently (or have at least logged into Netflix), you have inevitably heard of the new Jeffrey Dahmer miniseries, which gives viewers an inside look at the cannibal's heinous crimes. Before Jeffrey Dahmer went on his killing spree (and before the top-rated Netflix film), however, there was the equally notorious Ted Bundy, another cold-hearted killer with surprising ties to the Centennial State:
Convicted of 20 murders (though he confessed to 30 and is suspected of 36+), Ted Bundy is a name that will go down in history as one of the most prolific and depraved killers of all time.
While Bundy committed most of his crimes in the Pacific Northwest and Florida, he was a suspect in the 1975 abduction and murder of 23-year-old Caryn Campbell in Aspen, which led to him being extradited from Utah to jail in Pitkin County.
Since he was serving as his legal counsel, Bundy requested to use the library at the Garfield County courthouse, where he made a grand escape into the nearby woods that led law enforcement on a 6-day-long manhunt.
After he was captured in a stolen car, Bundy was returned to Glenwood Springs where, six months later, he once again escaped, this time via a hole he sawed into the ceiling of his cell.
Sadly, it took more than six days to find and apprehend Bundy after his second escape, as he traveled to Florida, assumed a new identity, and committed even more murders.
Several months later, Bundy was caught, apprehended, tried, and sentenced to death, with his execution taking place in early 1989.
For even more Centennial State true crime stories, you will want to check out Back In The Day, This Quiet Colorado Town Was A Mafia Mecca.
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