Ted bundys childhood biography
Ted bundy.
Ted Bundy
Theodore Robert Cowell was born on November 24, to Louise Cowell following her stay of three months at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers in Vermont.
Ted bundys childhood biography
Ted's biological father, who was an Air Force veteran, was unknown to his son throughout his life. Shortly after his birth, Ted and his mother moved back to the home of his grandparents in Philadelphia. While growing up, Ted was led to believe that his grandparents were his parents and his natural mother was his older sister.
The charade was created in order to protect his biological mother from harsh criticism and prejudice of being an unwed mother.
At the age of four, Ted and his mother moved to Tacoma, Washington to live with relatives.
A year after the move, Louise fell in love with a military cook named Johnnie Culpepper Bundy. In May , the couple was married and Ted assumed his stepfather's last name, which he would keep for the rest of his life.
Over the years, the Bundy family added four other siblings