FORENSIC EVIDENCE

THE CASE OF TED BUNDY

BY: AVANTHIKA VASU

The Very Definition Of Heartless Evil

FONTS Theodore Robert Bundy

USED AND ALTERNATIVE

Born- November 24, 1946 Burlington, Vermont, U.S
RESOURCES

COLORS Span of crimes 1974–1978

INFOGRAPHIC RESOURCE Victims 20 confirmed, 30 confessed, 36+ suspected

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CUSTOMIZABLE ICONS Spouse- Carole Ann Boone
RELEVANCE

FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY
Forensic odontology is the application of dental evidence to both criminal and civil law. 

FORENSIC PHYSCOLOGY
Forensic psychology is a field that combines the practice of psychology and the law. Those who
work in this field utilize psychological expertise as it applies to the justice system
ROLE
Roles of forensic odontology Roles of forensic psychology
● Identification of human remains ● Competency evaluations

● Age estimation ● Sentencing recommendations

● Identification following mass fatalities ● Evaluations of the risk of reoffending

● Assessing bite mark injuries ● Testimony as an expert witness

● Assessment abuse cases (child, spousal, ● Child custody evaluations

elder) ● Academic research on criminality

● Civil cases involving malpractice ● Consult with law enforcement

● Treatment of criminal offenders
● Provide psychological services to offenders
● Design correctional programs
Theodore Robert BUNDY v. FLORIDA
● Bundy entered the Florida State University
Chi Omega sorority house at approximately
3 a.m. and killed two sleeping women, Lisa
Levy and Margaret Bowman.
● Bundy bludgeoned and strangled Levy and
Bowman; he also sexually assaulted Levy

● Levy's right collarbone had been broken

and double bite mark on her left buttock
was found.

● Bowman had been struck repeatedly on the

right side of her head . Neither girl had any
damage to their hands or nails. 
TRIAL EVIDENCE

It was the fall of 1974 when Bundy

tried to take DaRonch. He’d
already killed over and over again,
the women often vanishing from
public spaces at night.
TRIAL EVIDENCE

Dr. Richard Souviron compared

bite marks to Bundy’s teeth in
court.
He pointed out unique features that
matched between Bundy’s teeth
and the marks.
THE BITE MARK
THE ELECTROCUTION

Bundy, then 42, was sentenced to

die in the electric chair for three of
his final crimes: the 1978 rape and
murder of 12-year-old Kimberly
Leach of Lake City, Florida, as
well as two women from Florida
State University, Margaret
Bowman and Lisa Levy.
If Ted Bundy's Trial Was
Today, He May Have
Walked Free

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BITE MARK AS EVIDENCE

Complications:
● Not an exact science
● Elasticity of skin
● Growth of jaw and changes to teeth
● False identifications
Gerard Richardson served 18 years for a Richardson was finally exonerated when
murder he did not commit. DNA testing cleared him in 2013.
PSYCHOLOGY

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Psychopathy

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Bipolar Personality Disorder

PSYCHOPATHY
By Hare and his associates-
Psychopathy was defined as a disorder characterized by
• lack of remorse or empathy
• hallow emotions
• manipulative
• lying
• egocentricity
• glibness
• low frustration tolerance
• episodic relationships, parasitic lifestyle
• persistent violation of social norms
• need for stimulation and criminal versatility
INSANITY DEFENCE

Distinction between Legal and Medical Insanity

Hari Singh Gond v. State of Madhya Pradesh

●Incapacity to know the nature of the act

●Incapacity to know right or wrong
●Irresistible Impulse as a defence
CONCLUSION

• Dangerous precedence
• Recognition and awareness of forensic psychology
• Separate statue