European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 24, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Florida ready for Bundy s execution by Laura Parker the Washington Post Starke a. At Florida state prison there Are More than 200 prisoners on death Row. But it is Pris Oner o69063 s execution that everyone awaits. Almost nine years after he was sentenced to die Theodore Robert Bundy is to be electrocuted at 7 . Tuesday for killing a 12-year-old girl. The execution the final scene in the bizarre life Ozone of the most notorious serial killer of this Century also will be a Media extravaganza Complete with satellite dishes beaming the Story of Bundy s final hours Back to the Pacific Northwest where his Story began. Already the crowd at the prison grows not Only with reporters and curious onlookers but also with weary and grading detectives from a half dozen Juris what sets Bundy apart. Is his intelligence. Most serial killers Aren t that  writer James Deburger diction who have been pursuing the enigmatic killer for 15 years. Over the weekend Bundy ended a decade of silence and game playing and began confessing to a string of murders whose total has been estimated to run from36 to 100 or More. He confessed to a dozen murders in Washington Colorado and Idaho including several with which he had not previously been associated. But some though that was just More game playing adding some last minute titillation for the beleaguered detectives in a Effort to buy a few extra Days of life. A spokesman for the governor said the ploy would t work. Bundy 42, planned and then cancelled a final pres conference for monday. Just before 7 . Tuesday a dozen reporters will step inside the prison Gates to watch As Bundy is strapped into the chair and a hooded Man throws a switch that will Send 2,000 volts of electricity surging through his body. Since the re institution of the death penalty in 1976,this state has shown an unusual Zeal for the electric chair. In his first 24 months in office gov. Bob Marti Nez signed More than 60 death warrants. But to most floridians Bundy is the killer who evokes the strongest passion. They see no Grays have no doubts about his sanity or insanity. They see Noth ing of the All american image that Bundy once appeared to fit. In Lake City where 12-year-old Kimberly Leach disappeared from her schoolyard just before Valen Tine s Day in 1978, the mayor announced there willbe a Celebration when he  in Tallahassee state officials who routinely reject requests for vanity License plates that contain even the most innocent plays on words approved Fry Ted without a second thought. Martinez signed Bundy s death warrant within min utes after the supreme court denied the murderer s Appeal last week and gave him the Law s Bare minimum for final appeals seven Days. Bundy 42, is highly intelligent a former Law student who foiled his pursuers for years in a elaborate cat and mouse game he compared to a chess match. What sets Bundy apart. Is his intelligence said James Deburger a sociologist and co author of the Book serial  most serial killers Aren t that  intelligent though he May be evidently he also needs Tobe punished. It is that need that apparently explains the strangest twist in the Saga How Bundy who began his killing a continent away ended up in Florida. In december 1977, when Bundy was in a Colora Ojail awaiting trial for the murder of a nurse he asked a lawyer which state would most Likely execute a , came the reply. Bundy had been losing weight in jail. When he hashed 20 pounds he squeezed through a Hole in the ceiling of his cell. Ten Days later he was in Florida. In Tallahassee Bundy slipped into the Chi Omega sorority House and bludgeoned four Young women with branches from an Oak tree. Two of his intended victim survived. A month later Kimberly Leach disappeared. By then Bundy had been killing for a half dozen years and the need to be caught apparently was Over whelming the other parts of his personality. He left his calling cards everywhere tooth Marks on a sorority victim fingerprints in the sorority House and credit card receipts near where the child s body was found two months later. It did not take juries Long to convict him. He will die for the murder of Leach he has been sentenced to death for the murders of two sorority Sisters. Bundy has sparked morbid fascination since his rampage began. He perplexed prosecutors and defense attorney alike with his combination of intelligence an seeming normalcy. Five books have already been written about  Story was the subject of a television movie. Women fell in love with Bundy and proposed. Friends and relatives still have trouble believing Bundy responsible for the string of brutal murders. As a youngster in Tacoma Wash., he seemed Norma land healthy. He was a Good student a boy scout and Active in Church. He became an a student in College an worked in Republican party politics impressing Many and earning a letter of recommendation to Law school from Washington s then gov. Daniel j. Evans. But he always was haunted by demons. In an inter View with a Yale psychiatrist who spoke with Bundy As part of his final unsuccessful Appeal which claimed he had been mentally incompetent to stand trial Bundy revealed a Side few had seen before. His Mother was unmarried when Bundy was  father has never been traced. Bundy s Grandfather was remembered by relatives As a violent Man. Signs of Bundy s demons emerged gradually. A school he resisted authority. He stole things he could not afford to buy. Pornography fascinated him. Then in 1974, Young women usually with Long dark hair began disappearing in Washington. Between january and August nine women disappeared two of them from a state Park. Friends said the women were approached by an attractive Man who drove a Volks Wagen and called himself Ted. The Ted murders investigation was launched and although Bundy s name was among thousands in the p9lice investigators computer the first time the Washington detectives heard it was when Utah police telephoned in november 1974 to say he d been arrested in the attempted kidnapping of a Young woman in Salt Lake City. The woman had Long dark  drove a Volkswagen. I can hardly wait for tuesday victim s Kin says by the associated press families of several of Ted Bundy s victims said they were relieved to hear a confession from the serial killer who was suspected in dozens of unsolved slayings but Bundy s Mother said she was going through  Eleanore Rose of Burien Wash., said she Felt a hatred even stronger than i had Ever Felt before when she Learned Bundy had confessed to killing her daughter Denise Naslund 19, along with at least eight other Young women. Rose added that she had believed for years that Bundy was guilty. I can hardly wait for tuesday to come she said referring to the Date of Bundy s scheduled execution in Florida for the death of a 12-year-old girl there. It s like he completely governed my life my existence. Just waiting  Dale and Vivian Rancourt of Lacon Ner Wash., parents of victim Susan ran court j 8, said Bundy s confession in the slaying and his execution would end an ordeal that has vexed them for 15 years. It s like a big Puzzle that s been going on for. Years for us said Dale ran court. There were two pieces left. One was the absolute absolute Confirma Tion from the words of the perpetrator. The other will be his execution and the the Puzzle is  when this is Over i think we can finally Start the end of the Healing pro Cess Vivian Rancourt added. It s Keenan open wound for 15 years and every time we think it s settling Down some thing  Bundy was sentenced to death nine years ago in Florida but the execution repeatedly was delayed by his appeals. Rosemary Arnaud Mother of 22-year old Brenda Ball who disappeared out Side a Burien Wash., tavern in 1974, said Bundy s death will be a Relief Only in the knowledge that he will never be a Leto kill again. Bundy s Mother and Stepfather Louise and John Bundy live in Tacoma Wash. Mrs. Bundy said the confessions were unexpected because we have staunchly believed and i guess we still do until we hear what he really said that he was not guilty of any of those  o but if this is True if Ted did do these things and if indeed he is substantiating it with facts that he really did those things. It s the most devastating news of our lives. We re going through hell we re suf Fering a lot. We did t want him to do  she said her anguish was not Only former family but for the families of the victims. I agonize for the parents of those girls she said. We have girls of our own who Are very dear to us of it s so terrible. I just can t  repentant burglar returns loot taken from Gas station Columbus Ohio a burglars had struck Dave Pastorek s Gas station twice in three Days making off with a total of More than $3,000. Then on Friday a big Manila Enve Lope arrived in the mail and Pastorek figured it was More bad news maybe from his lawyer or accountant. Inside a note read i am sorry. I drank too much an broke into your station on a dare. I am  along with the note was $167 in Cash plus checks and credit card receipt Worth about $1,600 everything that had been stolen from the station a wee earlier. I about died said the 30-year-Oldpastorek. We figure his conscience was bothering him and he probably was table to sleep for four or five  now he said he s waiting for the Bur Glar who hit Jan. 16 to get a Case of the guilty. That one got away with about 1,400 in receipts. If the first Guy did it on a dare i m wondering if maybe the second Guy waste one who dared him. Maybe after he saw it could be done he decided to try i himself Pastorek said. Coincidentally the City kicked off a honesty Campaign last week directed by the Columbus commission on ethics and values. The head of the commission is Jeb Stuart Magruder a convicted watergate conspirator who is now a presbyterian minister. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Jan. 24, 1949 As part of the political reforms initiated by the new communist chinese government personal invitations were sent to Liberal and leftist leaders asking them to join in overhauling the 20-year-old Kuomintang Structure. 30 years ago today. Jan. 24, 1959 Ted Williams the Home run hitting Star of the Boston red sox signed for his 19th season with the team for a reported $125,000 to remain the highest salaried player in baseball. 20 years ago today. Jan. 24, 1969 the soviet news Agency Tass reported a gunman had fire several shots at a motorcade carrying soviet cosmonauts and communist leaders to the Kremlin injuring a Driver and a Security officer. ? 0 years ago today. Jan. 24,1979 amid clashes Between pro and anti Shah forces British official announced that the Royal air Force would evacuate More than 200 foreigners including americans from an Oil Center near Teheran on the advice of the iranian military command