10 Serial Killer Crimes That Took Years To Solve

One of, if not the, most well known serial killers in American history. Shocking the world with truly heinous acts towards women disguised behind a seemingly normal and often charming personality. His notoriety has brought him back into the public consciousness recently with a film starring Zac Efron depicting his crimes.

It is hard to pinpoint exactly when Bundy began murdering people as he himself would tell different stories or refuse to go into depth about his early crimes. Many officers believe that as a teenager he already had a taste for blood, possibly as early at 1969.

In 1974, he began attacking young women on campuses around him at the rate of around 1 per month. He then moved to Idaho and continued this spree until he was stopped in 1975 and his car was checked. They discovered a ski mask and other suspicious items but did not have enough to arrest him. The officers put a 24 hour surveillance in place, he was also high priority on a list of 100 suspects. After this Bundy sold his now infamous Volkswagen Beetle, which the FBI then dismantled and discovered hairs from victims in the upholstery. Bundy was brought in and identified by eyewitnesses, leading to his arrest.

Moving forward to 1977, Bundy decided to represent himself in court and the judge allowed him to be handcuff free. During a recess he escaped through the library window and evaded being recaptured for 6 days. Eventually he was recaptured, however, he mounted another escape plan and remained at large into early '78. In this period he attacked at least 6 more women, murdering some of them.

He was finally recaptured and stood trial in 1979, he was found guilty across multiple accounts and sentenced to death by electric chair. He postponed this by making many deathbed confessions but ultimately was executed on 24th Jan 1989.