Bundy, Ted (Theodore Robert) (1946–1989)

US serial killer. He committed a series of up to 40 murders from 1974, habitually raping and beating his victims. He stood trial in 1977 but escaped from custody, fled to Florida, and assumed the name Christopher Hagen. He was arrested again after murdering a 12-year-old girl, convicted in 1979, and executed ten years later.

Bundy's trial, in which he conducted his own defence, took place in July 1979 in Miami. It was televised and was watched by millions of people.