Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy is a law student at Seattle University and works at a crisis center, while maintaining a long-term girlfriend, Lee. He hides his sadistic impulses as he begins his killing spree, starting with the murder of a hotline caller and violating her body. He soon escalates to breaking into homes, luring victims to his car or through deception, and abducting and murdering them, all while using his knowledge of law enforcement to evade detection.

He habitually breaks into the homes of young women and lures them to his car by faking disabilities or impersonating a police officer. He incapacitates, abducts, and drives them to a location where escape is impossible, where he rapes and murders them. He evades authorities because of his knowledge of law enforcement and his ability to avoid fitting offender profiles; witnesses circulate facial composites and his nickname.

In Murray, Utah, 1975, Tina Gabler escapes from Bundy's moving car and is rescued by another driver. Months later, based on her description, a Utah Highway Patrol officer stops Bundy, arresting him and finding a rape kit in his trunk. Tina testifies against Bundy, and he is convicted of kidnapping; authorities recognize the ongoing serial-killer pattern, while Bundy tells Lee that charges cover multiple murders and predicts he won't be convicted.

Ted testifies at his trial and is convicted of kidnapping. Authorities are alerted and investigate further, ultimately concluding he is the serial killer they have been seeking. Ted tells Lee that the charges are for multiple murders, but claims there is no hard evidence and that he will never be convicted, prompting Lee to end the relationship.

In 1977, Bundy represents himself at his trial and gains access to the Pitkin County Courthouse law library. He promptly escapes by jumping from an upper-story window.

Six days after the escape, Bundy attempts auto theft at Aspen Mountain and is arrested, returning him to prison.

Months later, Bundy escapes again and becomes one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

Bundy relocates to Florida and, in Tallahassee, begins a murder spree, assaulting four women at the Chi Omega sorority house and killing two of them.

Over a month later, Bundy rapes and murders 12-year-old Suzanne Bruster. Shortly after, he is arrested and beaten by a Pensacola police officer.

He is tried at Dade County Circuit Court and sentenced to death in the electric chair at Florida State Prison. The trial presents the state’s case for multiple murders and seals Bundy’s fate with a death sentence.

Over the next ten years, Bundy makes several appeals that delay the execution, but he loses each one. The legal process stretches on as his sentence hangs over him.

On the day of his execution, Bundy is dragged from his cell to the death chamber and executed in the electric chair at Florida State Prison. His execution is witnessed by the victims' families, and the executing officer is a young woman.

As Lee watches the news coverage with her husband, she wonders who he really was. The ending leaves the question hanging about his true nature and how a person like Bundy could exist alongside the life she believed she knew.