Letters to Capt. Swindler, 1974
Added 2025-01-07 07:31:33 +0000 UTCA collection of interesting letters from concerned citizens, sent to Seattle Police Captain Herb Swindler in the fall of 1974.
One is from Wesley "Red" Millet, a former Utah resident and retired Seattle police detective. He astutely observed the similarity between the Lake Sammamish "Ted" sketch and the mustachioed suspect in the Debra Kent abduction in Salt Lake. Besides Liz's conversations with the King County Task Force two weeks prior, Red Millet may have been the first to make this connection. Of course, his tip would later prove correct.
In another letter from September 1974, a rather stunning coincidence emerges. A woman from New Jersey wrote in after reading about the Seattle disappearances in the Philedelphia newspapers. She described "a boy named Ted" who wouldn't leave her daughter alone-- and "his last name is Budney or Bundy or something similar."
Comments
Goodness! That is interesting.
Emmanuel Allison
2025-01-10 07:13:13 +0000 UTCI was able to find out who she was referring to- Theodore "Ted" David Budny (yes that's right, BUDNY) attended Woodbury High School in New Jersey at least from 1969-1970. What are those odds??
Tiffany J.
2025-01-08 20:45:57 +0000 UTCSurprised the letter from the lady in New Jersey hasn't gotten more attention since Bundy was apprehended.
Emmanuel Allison
2025-01-08 18:14:46 +0000 UTCGreat finds!
Bruce Harry
2025-01-07 15:52:45 +0000 UTC
