LOVE OF EVIL
Who was Ted Bundy’s wife Carole Ann Boone and when was their daughter Rose born?
TED Bundy was executed in 1989 after murdering scores of women across the US, but little is known about his wife Carole Ann Boone.
The couple managed to have a child together while the serial killer was locked behind bars - a daughter named Rose. But how did they meet and what was her role during his arrest and trial? Here's what we know.
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Who was Carole Ann Boone?
Little to no information is available as to where Boone was born and raised.
By summer 1974, she was working at the Washington State Department of Emergency Services (DES) in Olympia, Washington.
Boone was known to be a "lusty-tempered free spirit" and was smart, witty and competent at her job.
She was described as a sister or mother figure by some of her co-workers.
When Boone met Ted Bundy she was newly divorced and was trying to raise her teenage son James.
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Bundy had begun working at the DES and had caught the attention of both men and women alike who found him intriguing.
Boone was immediately charmed, later stating that Bundy had expressed his desire to date her right at the beginning.
Bundy continued to date his current girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer and several other women, many of whom were eventually murdered.
After Bundy was arrested on suspicion of multiple kidnappings and murders, he and Boone became very close during his trial in Florida in 1979.
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After exchanging many letters, Boone moved to Florida with her son to be closer to Bundy.
Despite Boone and Bundy expressing a desire to marry, the authorities were explicit that this would be impossible.
However, Ted Bundy discovered an obscure law in the Florida legal books.
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On February 9, 1980, during the trial for murdering Kimberly Leach, Boone was called to the witness stand.
Bundy asked her if she would marry him and she accepted.
It was legal because it was in front of the presiding judge.
The next day he was given the death sentence by electrocution.
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When was Ted Bundy and Carole Ann Boone's daughter Rose born?
Boone gave birth to Rose Bundy in October 1982, with questions about how she was conceived.
Although conjugal visits were prohibited at Raiford Prison where Bundy was jailed, the inmates knew how to bribe the guards for private time with their female visitors.
The couple continued to see each other, with Rose often being brought along.
Bundy was executed on January 24, 1989, by electric chair.
By then, Boone had completely vanished.
It is likely she changed both her and Rose's names and relocated.
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